Institute of International Relations, Prague

www.iir.cz

Nerudova 3
118 50 Praha 1 - Malá Strana
Czech Republic
Tel: +420 2 51108111
Fax: +420 2 51108222

The IIR is an independent research centre in the fields of international politics, international relations and foreign policy of the Czech Republic. The IIR conducts its own publishing and supports information and education. The IIR is connected to the Foreign Ministry of the Czech Republic.

The IIR´s research staff and external collaborators participate in research activities, both in the CR and abroad. Research is organised in a flexible manner, conducted by teams of varying sizes or lone individuals, depending on the nature of the project.

The Institute's Research Areas include:

• NATO and Security Policy
• EU - European Integration
• Globalization
• North-South Relations and Development Aid
• UN
• Theory of International Relations
• Small Countries
• East and South-East Asia
• Czech - Slovak Relations
• Russia, Poland, Central Europa
• Organized Crime, Drug Abuse
• Czech-German Relations, Germany
• Cold War
• Subsaharan Africa
• The Mediterranean Region and the Middle East

IIR´s research staff and external collaborators participate in research activities, both in the CR and abroad. Research is organised in a flexible manner, in teams of different sizes or individually, depending on each particular Research Projects.

Draft of Foreign Minister Kavan's Speech at the Venusberg Group Meeting on 19 October 2000
IIR past workshop programme