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Radek Khol graduated from Department of War Studies at King's College
London and from Department of International Relations at the Faculty
of Social Sciences, Charles University Prague. He joined the Institute
of International Relations, Prague in 1996. He has been a member of a
long-term research project on 'Security Policy of the Czech Republic'
since 1994. In 1999-2001 he was in charge of the project
"ESDI/ESDP: Reality and Perspective" dealing with comparing
national perspectives on ESDP and its impact on the Czech Republic.
He published articles on NATO enlargement, security policies in
Central Europe and civil-military relations and edited publications on
European security and defence policy. His latest publication is Old
strategic thinking in the new strategic environment. Problems of
adaptation of the security policy of the Czech Republic published in
2001 by NDC Rome.
Radek Khol has held research fellowships at Clingendael Institute,
The Hague and at the NATO Defence College in Rome. He is also a member
of Venusberg Group which published in 2000 a policy paper Enhancing
the European Union as an International Security Actor.
He is the leader of a project on European Security and Defense
Identity, Reality and Prospects, a Grant project of the UN
Security Council (January-December 2000). The main aim of the project
is to analyze the issue of European security, especially the question
of a more independent security and defence role within the European
Union. The EU summit in Helsinki resulted in the creation of interim
institutions for the direct engagement of the EU in the so-called
Petersberg missions - crisis management operations - and in the
development of the capabilities necessary for such operations. This
step radically altered the European security landscape as well as
relations between the EU, NATO, and the WEU. Rapid development in this
area has also affected the position of non-EU European Allies that,
prior to these initiatives, had influenced the European security
project as the WEU Associate Members.
In 2000, the second phase of the project has taken place, focusing
on four main areas. The first one is research into the debate taking
place in several smaller and medium-sized countries (Austria, Denmark,
Finland, Italy, Netherlands, Turkey) and Russia, together with
continuing attention being paid to the main European actors (France,
Germany, Great Britain) and the USA. This part looks mainly at the
opinions of governmental, parliamentary, and academic circles. The
second area focuses on establishing direct relations between the two
most important organizations that will shape European security in the
next decades - the EU and NATO. The third part of the project maps the
position of Czech political parties on ESDI/ESDP, the major issues
expected to be controversial in the emerging public debate about it,
and the key Czech national interests within the horizon of the next 10
years. The last part of the project assesses the opportunities for the
Czech arms industry to take part in major international cooperative
projects focusing on missing EU capabilities and assets.
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