Vojenské rozhledy / Czech Military Review Nr. 2/2020: 92-106
Analýza Íránských revolučních gard v kontextu jejich zařazení na seznam zahraničních teroristických organizacíRecenzované - Přehledový
Spojené státy americké zařadily v roce 2019 Íránské revoluční gardy na seznam "zahraničních teroristických organizací". Článek analyzuje důsledky tohoto kroku. Text v úvodu představuje Gardy a upozorňuje na odlišnosti oproti "klasickým" teroristickým organizacím. Cílem stěžejní části textu je analýza amerických kroků a popis dopadů z toho plynoucích. Práce dochází k závěru, že legální důsledky zařazení Gard na seznam "zahraničních teroristických organizací" jsou minimální, avšak praktický dopad tohoto kroku byl značný. Byly též zjištěny souvislosti mezi zařazením Gard na tento seznam a novou americkou strategií "maximálního tlaku" vůči Íránu.
Klíčová slova: Terorismus; bezpečnostní politika; ekonomické sankce; strategie "maximálního tlaku".
Analysis of Iranian Revolution Guard Corps in the Context of its Inclusion on the List of Foreign Terrorist Organisation
United states of America classified from 2019 Iranian revolution guards as "foreign terrorist organisation". Article analyses consequences of this step. Text in the introduction presents Guards and highlights the differences between this organization and "classical" terrorist organization. Goal of the main part of text is to analyze American steps and finds consequences resulting from it. This work concluded that though legal consequences of putting Guards on the list of "foreign terrorist organization" are small, on the other hand its practical impacts are huge. There was also found link between putting Guards on this list and new American strategy of "maximal pressure" against Iran.
Keywords: Terrorism; Security Policy, Economic Sanctions, Maximum Pressure Strategy.
Zveřejněno: 15. červen 2020 Zobrazit citaci
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