Czech Military Review, 2021 (vol. 102), issue 4

The Revolt of French Soldiers Against the Failing Immigration PolicyReviewed - Review

Jan Eichler

Vojenské rozhledy / Czech Military Review Nr. 4/2021: 3-22  

The article is about the revolt of French soldiers against the failing immigration policy of their country. It explains its rational causes at the historical, geopolitical as well as security levels. It analyses its three main acts since 2013 until today and presents their key actors: the high level generals and politicians. These acts are presented as historical accidents. The article shows that French soldiers refuse to be silent face to face big stakes, especially on the field of defence of the Republic against the growing violence of young immigrants. The text continues with the analysis of two manifests of French soldiers from spring 2021 that...

Current Nuclear Strategies and Arsenals of the United States of America and the Russian FederationReviewed - Review

Adam Potočňák

Vojenské rozhledy / Czech Military Review Nr. 4/2021: 23-44  

The article holistically analyses current strategies for the use and development of nuclear forces of the USA and Russia and analytically reflects their mutual doctrinal interactions. It deals with the conditions under which the U.S. and Russia may opt for using their nuclear weapons and reflects also related issues of modernization and development of their actual nuclear forces. The author argues that both superpowers did not manage to abandon the Cold War logic or avoid erroneous, distorted or exaggerated assumptions about the intentions of the other side. The text concludes with a summary of possible changes and adaptations of the American nuclear...

Convergence of NDPP and CSDP Planning Process as a Part of the NATO-EU Strategic Partnership ReinforcingReviewed - Review

Zdeněk Petráš

Vojenské rozhledy / Czech Military Review Nr. 4/2021: 45-59  

Over the last few years, a need for reinforcing the NATO-EU mutual coherence has become increasingly apparent. The EU and NATO have recently initiated the steps to consolidate the strategic cooperation where a way ahead to converge NDPP and CSDP planning process was also underpinned. The recent introduction of new tools tailored to get more effective the CSDP process offers new opportunities for facilitating a convergence of EU and NATO planning approaches. Even if it is impossible to assume that the Alliance's and the Union's planning processes would become identical, the implementation of PESCO and other subsequent procedural tools has created a...

Qualitative Research on PESCO Projects Direction in the Field of CBRNReviewed - Research

Miroslav Pohanka, Antonín Novotný

Vojenské rozhledy / Czech Military Review Nr. 4/2021: 60-73  

Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) weapons still represent a relevant threat despite international treaties and regulations. International projects like the Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) of European Union (EU) appears as a suitable way of the further development when considered both complexity and expensiveness of the countermeasures to the CBRN. In this work, basic principles of PESCO, limitations, opportunities and expected directions of innovations were searched. The final recommendations on PESCO projects in the CBRN field are founded on the reached findings. Recommendations and conclusions on limited PESCO efficacy...

Scenario-based Planning of State Material Reserves: Case Study of LatviaReviewed - Review

Jan Stejskal

Vojenské rozhledy / Czech Military Review Nr. 4/2021: 74-92  

The article deals with the issue of identifying required material reserves, also referred to as strategic or emergency reserves. These reserves are managed by state authority as part of national crisis preparedness. The article explores how scenarios can be used as a method for planning, i.e. determining adequate, realistic, and affordable material reserves. A scenario-based analysis, well proven in the defence planning domain, is identified as a method offering a high degree of analytical rigor and traceability of resulting requirements. Selected planning scenarios clearly must reflect national threat/hazard and risk assessments. They also have to...

The New Wars: Terrorism and "Asymmetric" WarfareReviewed - Review

Alexander Treiblmajer

Vojenské rozhledy / Czech Military Review Nr. 4/2021: 93-108  

The term "new wars" is often used to describe how terrorist groups achieve objectives in addition to the "classic" means of intervention by states. Terrorist organizations use asymmetric methods of warfare to target the weaknesses of Western states. Consequently, conventional wars have also changed into hybrid wars. The legal status of terrorist organizations is a major problem for the rule of law. In responding to terrorist attacks, the distinction between crime and terrorism is difficult. The "war on terror" is governed by different rules and principles and is extremely difficult to wage. Conflicts last a long time and victory against terrorism is...

The Overview of Security Theories and Concepts and the Example of the Republic of Bulgaria in Understanding the Problem of SecurityReviewed - Review

Elitsa Petrova, Stoyko Stoykov

Vojenské rozhledy / Czech Military Review Nr. 4/2021: 109-122  

Security and defence issues have always been the subject of scientific and artistic interest. The topicality of the researched issues is especially emphasized in the conditions of changing the concepts of security and bringing them from the traditional level to a level reflecting the modern reality. The article attempts to review the genesis and development of the security concept by presenting related and fundamental concepts, related and synonymous terms of the term "security", and various levels of security. The authors try to briefly describe the problem, which is reflected in a number of Bulgarian and international scientific and legislative sources,...

Remuneration of Professional Soldiers in the Czech Republic and in the Slovak RepublicReviewed - Review

Monika Davidová, Vladan Holcner, Libor Jílek, Alojz Flachbart

Vojenské rozhledy / Czech Military Review Nr. 4/2021: 123-140  

The paper analyses differences in remuneration of professional soldiers in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic between 1999 and 2020. This structural analysis focuses on changes in respective remuneration systems and their design. Results of the presented research enable to identify differences in the development of remuneration of professional soldiers after the split of the Czechoslovak Federation in 1993. The paper submits development of the amounts of salary for selected military ranks, their comparison and relation to general trends in domestic labor market and relation to average costs of living in respective countries. Between 2016 and...

The Hidden Contents in the Professional Military Education ProcessReviewed - Review

Markéta Licková

Vojenské rozhledy / Czech Military Review Nr. 4/2021: 141-153  

Increasing pressure on the quality of the educational content brings the need to address the issue of hidden mechanisms in the educational process that have impacts on the quality of knowledge and skills. This article discusses the existence of the hidden curriculum in lifelong learning and puts it into the context of the lifelong Professional Military Education as it is provided at the Centre for Security and Military Strategic Studies at the University of Defence. The uncovering of the hidden content in education may not be a welcome process, in extreme it may become unacceptable. However, hidden content can affect the achieved learning outcomes,...

The Legal Basis for the Participation of the Slovak Republic in the UNFICYP Peacekeeping OperationNonreviewed - Other

Ján Marek, Pavel Bučka

Vojenské rozhledy / Czech Military Review Nr. 4/2021: 154-167  

This article looks at the operation of the Armed Forces of the Slovak Republic in Cyprus within the UNFICYP peacekeeping operation. It presents the basic legal framework for the operation of the Armed Forces of the Slovak Republic in this peacekeeping operation and maps the progress of the peacekeeping operation and the fulfilment of tasks by its members. The aim of the research was to evaluate the current approach of the Slovak Republic to UN operations with an emphasis on addressing the security situation at Cyprus. At the same time, the article points to the important role of the Slovak Republic in the UNFICYP peacekeeping operation after it took...

The Process Approach to Human Resource Management in the Czech MoDNonreviewed - Other

František Mičánek

Vojenské rozhledy / Czech Military Review Nr. 4/2021: 168-183  

The article is a creative elaboration and proposal for optimization of selected activities of the human resources management process in the Ministry of Defense, which have a fundamental influence on achieving the set goals of personnel policy of the Ministry of Defense. The article builds on the analysis of the "status quo" of the human resource management in the Ministry of Defense, carried out with the help of dimensional and stakeholder analysis, sector analysis PESTLE-M, and questionnaire survey with a sample of officers (students of career courses KVD and KGŠ). It also uses the results of capability-based scenario, on which a prediction of the...

Modern National Projects: Implementation of Development Projects in the Czech Armed ForcesNonreviewed - Other

Modern National Projects: Implementation of Development Projects in the Czech Armed Forces