Vojenské Rozhledy

Czech Military Review

Vojenské rozhledy / Czech Military Review Nr. 2/2008: 189-195

Local Wars 1996 and Tension Epicentres 2007 (Book Review and Comparative Study)Book review

PhDr. Antonín Rašek

The author compares two scholarly books: World's Tension Epicentres by M. Šlachta (published in 2007) and Security Policy of the Czech Republic by the team of authors headed Jaroslav Janda. The latter study of 1996 uses different terminology: instead of today's favourite teams threat or security threats, they are civilizational risks, economical risks, military risks, environmental risks and so on. The special attention is paid to undemocratic, autocratic states, violating humane rights. Those who owned nuclear weapons are regarded as especially dangerous to peace. Those risks have multiplications effects, they could be solved only by collective effort of all interested states. The recent history confirms predictions made by the team of Jaroslav Janda. The analysis by Mojmír Šlachta contributes to deeper understanding present state of affairs, among others it covers rising Islamic word.

Keywords: security policy,security environment,armed conficts,strategic management

Published: June 15, 2008  Show citation

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Rašek, A. (2008). Local Wars 1996 and Tension Epicentres 2007 (Book Review and Comparative Study). Czech Military Review89(2), 189-195
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