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Contents:

Editorial

Dear readers,

we would like to welcome you on this website on the ocassion of publication of the first issue of a new scholarly journal.

The Journal of Security Issues is a periodical focused on the research in the field of security as a social science. The journal aims to present articles and information related to broadly defined security to the both academic and general publlic. The purpose of the JSI should be an exchange of ideas among scholars interested in the field not only from the Czech Republic but also from abroad. The science of security and strategic studies is dynamically developing branch of social sciences. The Journal thus aims also to create another relevant and accessible publication platform for interested authors.
The journal is bilingual, articles being published in Czech or English. The editorial board of the JSI is international and the journal is available on-line. All of this together shall allow the journal to be broadly accessible and to be up-to-date. Our goal is not to closely focus on a single issue area, neither to substitute any specialized journals dealing with international politics or hard security. As the first issue signifies, JSI is opened to all papers regarding security and strategic studies. In particular we put an emphasis on scientific level of the contributions.In the first issue you can find papers mentioned below. Contribution concerning with a typology of private military companies (PMCs) dealing with the police or military services is followed by the paper dealing with the role of Non-proliferation Treaty with respect to activities against a proliferation of nuclear weapons. Some thoughts related to the European Security and Defence Policy are brought up in last two papers using two point sof view on subject area (in context of conflict in Lebanon and the role of Turkey).The first issue is thematically varied which shall generally foreshadow the future subject areas. However, topics concerning armed forces, military concepts and actual conflicts are not out of our range of our interest, neither will we avoid papers dealing with the „human security“ concept.

We hope that the topics and papers will keep up your interest, perhaps even inspire you to write a scientific article on your own.

Editor in chief: Martin Bastl
Papers:  

Zelinka, Petr: Privatizace bezpečnosti - Typologie coby nutnost.
Abstract
the privatisation of security notably affects the provision of security nowadays, including security of non-state actors. This article argues for further subdivision of the security privatisation phenomena for the sake for better understanding of subject. Author recommends use of private security company as an umbrella term which consists of private military companies, private intelligence companies and private security agencies. It seems to be useful to bear in mind the complementarity of bottom-up and top-down process which is characteristic for privatisation of security. This argument is based on analysis of the causes which influence this phenomenon. Their comparison shows that they are different on such scale, that some structured typology is necessary.
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Lung, Ioana: Improved Capabilities, New Expectations, Same Old Gap? Christopher Hill’s Capability-Expectations Gap and the 2006 Lebanon Conflict.
Abstract
The “capability-expectations gap” coined by Christopher Hill a decade ago has quickly become a widely used concept when it comes to assessing EU’s performance (or the lack of it) on the international arena. However, contrary to Hill’s belief, increasing the capabilities in the framework of the ESDP has simply proved unsufficient for bridging the gap. As the 2006 Lebanon conflict shows, the fundamental ingredients the EU still lacks are political will to act and ability to agree over the means and the ends, both gathered under the roof of a commonly shared strategic culture.
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Darchiashvili, Vakhtang: Is the NPT Still Effective Instrument to Prevent the Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons?
Abstract
The Treaty of Non-proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) has played a crucial role in sustaining the
non-proliferation regime. Dozens of other states might have the nuclear bomb today if not for the NPT and associated measures. Despite these very significant accomplishments, the NPT is under great stress, facing numerous legal and especially political challenges. The purpose of this paper is to examine whether NPT still remains effective to tackle the threats of proliferation in today’s world. This will be done by legal analysis of the NPT, the author will try to indicate “gaps and challenges” of the treaty, as well as the ways of strengthening the Treaty.
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Sengul, Osman: Turkey: An Asset for European Security in Terms of The ESDP?
Abstract
Turkey’s contributions to European peace and security as an issue has come to be debated upon after the end of the Cold War, thereby scrutinizing the current and future positive impact of Turkey to the European security architecture. This paper focuses on the civilian/military capabilities and crisis management operations aspects of the issue, more specifically on the European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP) of the European Union (EU, the Union) and the missions undertaken under this framework, in order to make a case for Turkey. Capitalizing on a detailed comparative analysis of the crisis management records of the EU and Turkey so far, it concludes that Turkey’s importance for the European security system still continues at least as much as that during the Cold War and that Turkey will have a large and decisive positive impact on the future of the ESDP by being able to make huge contributions to its ‘crisis management’ institutions and operations both civilian and military, thus enhancing the European security in general; if it is given the chance to fully participate in these mechanisms via the endowment of full membership to the EU by the EU member countries.
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