Czech Military Review, 2014 (vol. 95), issue 3
Changes in Security Environment, Influence on State Defence Policy and Armed ForcesNonreviewed - Other
Luboš Dobrovský
Vojenské rozhledy / Czech Military Review Nr. 3/2014: 3-8 
The separatist movements at Ukraine, Crimea annexation, have fundamentally changed today's security surrounding. All that came about were in fact described in the last Russian military doctrine of February 2010, herein the Czech strategic thinking failed, leaving the nation unprepared. The Czech military documents identify threats too broadly, without setting definite opponents. One precondition failed completely, namely a gradual emergence of threats, enabling the Czech Republic to prepare itself. The author explains his own views on current security European affairs and asks to modernize and adjust both Czech defence policy and military science.The...
Resources for Defence of the Czech Republic: Perspectives and OpportunitiesReviewed - Review
Ing. František Mičánek, plk. doc. Ing. Vladan Holcner, Ph.D., Ing. Jakub Odehnal, Ph.D, Ing. Aleš Olejníček, Ph.D., Mgr. František Šulc
Vojenské rozhledy / Czech Military Review Nr. 3/2014: 9-21
The paper is focused on the area of defence sources in the Czech Republic. Within an analysis of the actual situation in military spending in the Czech Republic, some potential approaches are defined to enable the reasonable and transparent allocation of resources for national defence. Based on these approaches, three courses of action are derived in order to deal with current resources inadequacy and instability in defence. The article is available only in the Czech language. For more information please contact editors.
Prospective Horizons of Further Cooperation between NATO and the EUReviewed - Review
plukovník gšt. Ing. Zdeněk Petráš
Vojenské rozhledy / Czech Military Review Nr. 3/2014: 22-30
At present, it can be seen a tangible progress in the NATO-EU common approach to deal with challenging security issues. Paradoxically, it has been economic recession in combination with growing danger of arising armed conflicts, specifically on the European continent territory, to start up the closer cooperation between NATO and the EU. Logically, the current security situation ended in conclusions that the complementarity between NATO and the EU became a real necessity and only interaction between the Alliance and Union?s security and defence policies could bring required effects, while upholding global and local security stability. The article is...
NATO and Energy SecurityNonreviewed - Other
Ing. René Nastoupil, CSc.
Vojenské rozhledy / Czech Military Review Nr. 3/2014: 31-43
The article deals with the reasons why NATO is interested in energy security and main tasks which Alliance fulfils in this area. A special attention is paid to the energy dependence of the European member states of the Alliance, the increase of awareness about energy security, critical energy infrastructure protection and energy efficiency in the armed forces. The author elaborates the implementation of the energy security issues into the Alliance main activities, education and training in the field of energy security and cooperation with partner countries, other international organizations and private sector. The article is available only...
Military Career Courses for Senior OfficersNonreviewed - Other
Ing. Vojtěch Němeček, Ph.D., Ing. Jaroslav Kolkus, Ing. František Mičánek
Vojenské rozhledy / Czech Military Review Nr. 3/2014: 44-51
The career education of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) personnel is a key component to meet requirements for qualifications. As these requirements are career growth conditions for career personnel, they are inherently connected with further promotion in rank. During the process of preparation of the career courses it was revealed that some system changes should be made due to implemented or planned changes within the legislative and source framework of the Ministry of Defence. This article describes the implementation process of a new policy for training personnel in the career courses. It was prepared by a project team headed by the Centre for Security...
Prospects of Artillery: Which Way Ahead for the Czech Armed ForcesReviewed - Review
Plukovník Ing. Ivan Mráz, Ph.D., podplukovník gšt. Ing. Milan Kalina
Vojenské rozhledy / Czech Military Review Nr. 3/2014: 52-63
The fire support is an inevitable prerequisite for the success of combat forces in land military operations and artillery is its key provider. Will it be even in a future complex and uncertain operating environment? The article recalls high requirements on the current ACR artillery and with the use of the Alliance partner's findings, it points to selected aspects that might influence its capabilities development towards the future operations. The article defines artillery as an indirect fire system and clarifies its role and tasks in the framework of joint fire support. It proposes measures to increase the quality of its training and management. It...
Concept of Kant's Peace: Settling Disputes PeacefullyReviewed - Review
Mgr. Petra Průchová
Vojenské rozhledy / Czech Military Review Nr. 3/2014: 64-89
This essay is focused upon the concept of Perpetual Peace (1795) by the German Philosopher Immanuel Kant. To reach this goal, he advocated the establishment of a word federation of republican states. But some key prerequisites (s.c. preliminary and definitive articles) must be completed. The authoress compares the Kant's concepts with the ideas of solidarity by the Czech philosopher Jan Patočka. The readers themselves must pass the judgement whether Kant's prerequisites of eternal peace-even for more then two centuries-are fulfilled, or not. This subject matter belongs to a relatively young field of study dealing with war and peace, the so-called paxology,...
Space Policy through the Prism of the Concept of Strategic CultureReviewed - Review
Mgr. Jakub Fučík, PhDr. Petr Suchý, Ph.D.
Vojenské rozhledy / Czech Military Review Nr. 3/2014: 90-105
The article deals with the issue of creation and realization of space policy. Space programs of individual states are closely connected to decision-making processes of the (general) state (public) policy. Therefore we can raise a question which factors influence these processes and the formulation of space policy and also if they are so unique that could be related only to one particular state. The aim of this article is to focus on one of the factors influencing space policy-strategic culture. Its influence is analysed through case studies of seven nations. Each case study is divided into two parts. First, we identify relevant characteristics of the...
Why Russia Wants to Buy Mistral Class WarshipsNonreviewed - Other
Mgr. Jakub Harašta
Vojenské rozhledy / Czech Military Review Nr. 3/2014: 106-111
The Russian armed forces are influenced by a new concept of possible armed conflict. At present, Russian forces are not preparing themselves to one massive conflict, as in the period of bi-polar world, but the main stress is put on power-projection, into the spheres of Russian interests, i. e. into post-soviet republics. The Russian armed forces ought to be able partake in three regional conflicts simultaneously. That's why organizational and technological changes are presently in motion. The acquisition of French first Mistral-class vessels is an organic part of this process. The theme is particularly topical in the context of the current Ukrainian crisis.
Russia's New Generation Warfare and LatviaNonreviewed - Other
Vojenské rozhledy / Czech Military Review Nr. 3/2014: 112-122
Russia's actions in the Ukraine have changed the security situation in the Baltic region, which makes NATO's long-term presence in Latvia essential for the Latvian Republic. The impacts of Russian actions on Latvian defence policy are discussed in the paper by Mr Janis Berzinš,Managing Director of the Centre for Security and Defence Research, National Defence Academy of Latvia, in Policy Paper, No. 2, 2014. It is a new way of intervention, new-generation warfare, without the employment of armed combats, using mostly influence and coercion, by means of covert operations. Abridged and adapted. The original English text is available at http://www.naa.mil.lv/~/media/NAA/AZPC/Publikacijas/PP%2002-2014.ashx....
Calculation of the Distance of the Object from Plane of Fire to Control Check the Barrel Artillery Fire SafetyReviewed - Research
Major Ing. Bohuslav Sotulář
Vojenské rozhledy / Czech Military Review Nr. 3/2014: 123-136
The article aims to explain the possibility of calculating the perpendicular distance of object (observation, building etc.) from the barrel of fire artillery. The advancement calculation is not included in any legislation addressing the issue of fire safety in the barrel artillery. This paper discusses the mathematical reasoning and calculations that are useful in the preparation of documentation for shooting in the time preparation of shootings. The derived formula can be used by judges when firing safety control shooting.
The Draft Proposal for Army Accoutrements RegulationReviewed - Review
Kapitán Ing. Michal Zelenák, doc. Ing. Miroslav Pecina CSc.
Vojenské rozhledy / Czech Military Review Nr. 3/2014: 137-145
The article introduces a variant of alternative accoutrements provided to the soldiers of the Army of the Czech Republic to replenish and compensate individual standardized items. The article proposes changes in furnishing soldiers, so that they would take into account their individual occupational specialities and predominant types of used military uniforms. Even though the authors use a simplified model in this paper, the final version of accoutrement modification represents the updating of the current law regulations.
Security, Threats, and Risk in the 21st CenturyNonreviewed - Other
Vojenské rozhledy / Czech Military Review Nr. 3/2014: 146-148
After the year 1989 many presumed that "the end of history" came about, after the end of cold war no international security risks would arise. Nowadays we see that everything is different. Risks and threats are an inseparable component of humane existence. A working state must be prepared for those risks, which covers even the field of training citizens. The reviewed publication will certainly contribute to better understanding the complexity of present-day world and its security. The book has two independent parts; the first one is politological by Peter Rožňák, the second part deals with professional arms by Ludvík Juříček. Ludvík Juříček,...
Defining Militant Democracy in Central EuropeNonreviewed - Other
Vojenské rozhledy / Czech Military Review Nr. 3/2014: 149-151
The authors analyze the implementation of militant democracy concept in Central Europe, i.e. Germany, Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, as those are nations having experiences both with Nazi and communist regimes. The opening part covers a short history of this concepts and mechanisms used to suppress extremist subjects; subsequently the book compares practical instruments of counter-extremist policies, their individual principles and arrangements. This is the comparison that constitutes the main asset to the problem.MAREŠ, Miroslav - VÝBORNÝ, Štěpán. Militantní demokracie ve střední Evropě. 1. vyd. Brno: Centrum pro...
The Famous Czechoslovak LegionNonreviewed - Other
JUDr. et PhDr. Jaroslav Padrnos, CSc.
Vojenské rozhledy / Czech Military Review Nr. 3/2014: 152-169
The Czechoslovak Legion was a revolutionary armed force formed abroad that had come into being during World War I. It is said that without this force, there would be no independent Czechoslovakia. Without a foreign political, diplomatic and military resistance of the Czechoslovak National Council, headed by Prof. Dr. Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, Doc. Dr. Edvard Beneš, and Brig. Gen. Milan Rastislav Štefánik, there would be no Czechoslovak Legion. Even in the hard times, the large majority of legionnaires were always true to the Czech and the Slovak nation during World War II, and after the war. But after the February 1948, those nations, officially represented...
Did the Allied Victory in World War I Comprise Also Winning the Peace?Nonreviewed - Other
PhDr. Karel Straka, Ph.D.
Vojenské rozhledy / Czech Military Review Nr. 3/2014: 170-176
The First World War was a global war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918. From the time of its occurrence until the approach of World War II, it was called simply the World War or the Great War. In America, it was initially called the European War. The immediate trigger for war was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary. This set off a diplomatic crisis. Within weeks, Europe was at war and the conflict soon spread around the world. It was one of the deadliest conflicts in history, paving the way for major political changes, including revolutions in many...
The Devil's Captain: Veteran-Patriot Jan PondyNonreviewed - Other
Vojenské rozhledy / Czech Military Review Nr. 3/2014: 177-179
Lieutenant-colonel Pondy was one of many pre-war army officers who joined the anti-Nazi resistance movement. The Germans announced the price on his head. To avoid the arrest, he preferred to flee across the border. He served in France, Great Britain, and the USSR. As a commander of the 3rd independent brigade he took part in fights in Slovakia and Moravia. After the war he became, among others, the commander of school for reserve officers. After communist coup d'etat in February 1948 he was dismissed from the army and degraded. Again, the arrest was imminent, so he emigrated to Great Britain. He was awarded dozens of Czechoslovak and foreign decorations...