Czech Military Review, 2020 (vol. 101), issue 2
Framing of Task Forces as an Outcome of Transformation of Force Using Scenarios into Capability RequirementsReviewed - Research
Zdeněk Petráš
Vojenské rozhledy / Czech Military Review Nr. 2/2020: 3-19 
The aim of the article is to broaden scientific discussion held within the defence and security community on methodological approach to scenario development process. The author brings an innovative look at the concept of modular task force development, which is considered, in his conception, as a result of interconnection between capability requirements arisen from scenario analysis process, and respective type of force units being a part of the current military structure. The author´s approach to task force generation process, illustrated by a case study, is a synthesis of best practices and findings derived from national as well as EU and NATO planning...
Conceptualization of Intelligence TerminologyReviewed - Review
Josef Říha
Vojenské rozhledy / Czech Military Review Nr. 2/2020: 20-36
The aim of the article is to compare the term and definition of "Intelligence Support" used in the Czech Armed Forces with related terms used in the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, United States Army and Slowak Ground Forces. The article proposes updated Czech terms and definitions. The article can serve as a basis for a next discussion, for a dictionary processing, it will help intelligence staffs in orientation in intelligence terminology and it improves interoperability within the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation and in foreign missions.
Efficiency of Language Education at the Language Center of the University of DefenceReviewed - Research
Mária Šikolová, Vladan Holcner
Vojenské rozhledy / Czech Military Review Nr. 2/2020: 37-48
During the period between 2016 and 2019, the efficiency of language courses was scrutinized by invention methods. In 2019, the language requirements were set to 14 958 positions in the Czech Armed Forces (60.69 %). Out of the given number of positions, the language requirement was met by only 6 414 professional soldiers, i.e. 42.88 %. The results of the language courses vary a lot depending on the required level of language proficiency; the courses designed to prepare the learners for SLP 1111 and SLP 2222 had the success rate around 60 %, however, the success rate of the courses for SLP 3333 was rather lower (38 %). Out of five groups of factors affecting...
Military Surgeon - an Endangered Profession in the Czech Army?Reviewed - Review
Petr Lochman, Antonín Novotný
Vojenské rozhledy / Czech Military Review Nr. 2/2020: 49-61
The Czech Army Military Medical Service is actually going through radical changes that could lead to the strong enhancement of its capabilities. The problem is a shortage of health personell in some specific medical branches to fulfill these ambitions. There are only 35 surgeons in the Czech army at present. Results of questionnaire survey performed in this group show a high level and preparedness for multinational deploytment in foreign missions, on the other hand put a lot of questions for future.
Current Problems and Needs of Modern War Veterans (sociological research)Reviewed - Research
Jaromír Ďuriš, Jiří Hodný
Vojenské rozhledy / Czech Military Review Nr. 2/2020: 62-75
The paper presents selected knowledge and findings of the sociological survey, which was focused on identifying the needs and problems of modern war veterans leaving the military service in 2018. The findings of the research point to recurrent problems in communication and information transmission to the ending soldiers in their service as well as the lack of information in relation to the resort's offers of care and assistance to war veterans. The subjects involved in the war veteran care system do not always have full current information, which may lead to negative reactions and attitudes of some military personnel that the setting system does not...
How Far is the World to Achieve World Peace and Why?Reviewed - Review
Martin Havlík
Vojenské rozhledy / Czech Military Review Nr. 2/2020: 76-91
The main goal of this article is to discuss in the context of selected security intentions the world peace as an idealistic phenomenon, which is determined by many factors in the current dynamically changing environment. The intention is not to compare individual philosophical theories, but to provide selected synthetic security indicators that can help measure the state of the security environment. On the basis of these arguments, we can observe a downward trend in the rate represented, also linked to an increase in the activities of terrorist groups and generally transnational threats. The article also highlights the current relatively rigid role...
Analysis of Iranian Revolution Guard Corps in the Context of its Inclusion on the List of Foreign Terrorist OrganisationReviewed - Review
Matěj Macháček
Vojenské rozhledy / Czech Military Review Nr. 2/2020: 92-106
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...
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Vojenské rozhledy / Czech Military Review Nr. 2/2020: 107-116
Dear readers,We are pleased to share with you the text from the "Vojenství doma i v cizině" (Military at Home and Abroad) column, published in our journal in No. 4/1920. This and other historical papers can be viewed, read or downloaded from the website of our journal www.vojenskerozhledy.cz in the Archive menu.