(English) Following the tradition of past successful Symposiums, editors of Global Politics decided to focus this time on recent popular uprisings in the Arab World. There are not many issues in contemporary international politics that are so dynamically developing and vigorously debated as this one. By addressing various Middle East specialists with diverse backgrounds and institutional affiliations such as London School of Economics and Political Science, John Hopkins University or American University of Beirut, we would like to contribute a little to the debate and hopefully bring attention of our readers to some less known aspects of these dramatic events.
Energy Security of the European Union
Editors of Global Politics in cooperation with International Institute of Political Science present the Symposium dedicated to the feverishly discussed issue of EU energy security. It is our great pleasure to publish the answers of experts from Russia, Czech Republic and Slovakia. The questions of GP were answered by Tatiana Romanova, Andrea Figuľova, Ivo Samson, Oldřich Petržílek and Filip Černoch.
US Foreign Policy Towards Central Europe
After the Middle East Symposium and The Future of the European Union Symposium, editors of the Global Politics journal have decided to launch a Symposium on the Foreign Policy of the United States towards Central Europe. By providing our readers with the opinions of influential scholars from the field, GP aims to stimulate the public debate about the foreign policy of presidents’ G. W. Bush, W. J. Clinton and B. H. Obama administrations from the Central Europe´s point of view. Where are the most important differences? What will be the main change during the new B. H. Obama administration? It is our great pleasure to publish the answers of scholars who are current or former members of respectable institutions and think-tanks like Harvard University, Vienna University, Missouri State University, The Heritage Foundation, Center for European Policy Analysis or the Council on Foreign Relations.
The Future of the European Union
Encouraged by the apparent success of the Middle East Symposium project, editors of the Global Politics journal have decided to launch a Symposium on the Future of the European Union. By providing our readers with the thoughts of influential scholars from the field, GP aims to stimulate the public debate on the future direction of European integration. It is our great pleasure to publish the answers of J. Bátora, P. Drulák, P. Kratochvíl, K. Hughes, I.B. Neumann, M. Pitrová, and M. Vašečka.
Budoucnost Blízkého východu
Pomocí nového formátu příspěvků – symposia – představuje redakce Global Politics názory českých i zahraničních odborníků na zásadní změny, které právě probíhají na Blízkém východě. Exklusivně pro Global Politics odpovídají J. A. Goldstone, B. Korany, R. N. Lebow, M. Čejka, B. Dančák, Z. Kříž, I. Samson a P. Suchý.
