Publication details
Bezpečnostní prostředí: Sektorová analýza a implikace pro ozbrojené síly ČR 2022
| Title in English | Security Environment: Sectoral Analysis and Implications for the Armed Forces of the Czech Republic 2022 |
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| Year of publication | 2023 |
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| Description | This analytical study aims to assess the development of the broader strategic security environment of the Czech Republic and its evolution in 2022. This study is conducted annually and, to some extent, enables the tracking and identifying long-term developmental trends. The ambition of the Center for Security and Military Strategic Studies of the University of Defense (CBVSS) is to provide an alternative perspective in this manner and contribute to the discussion on the consequences of security development for the formulation and implementation of the defense policy of the Czech Republic. The study is primarily based on materials processed by CBVSS, presents the results of a comparative analysis of available open sources, and includes an evaluation of selected state and supranational actors. For this study, sectoral analysis based on the approaches of the Copenhagen School, as in the past, has been used. It describes the political, societal, environmental, military, and economic sectors. In addition to this traditional delineation, the technological sector has also been included in this analysis because, given the focus of CBVSS, it complements the essential sectors appropriately and has been processed in previous years as part of a separate publication. The text analyzes 2022, attempting to capture the main events and trends impacting the security environment in individual sectors and identify their implications for defense policy and armed forces. The outputs have been standardly verified through expert discussions involving representatives of the Ministry of Defense of the Czech Republic, the Armed Forces of the Czech Republic, and members of the security expert community. The processed sectors and their conclusions primarily analyze the situation for the past year (2022) and do not encompass changes that occurred in the subsequent period. This especially concerns the critical event, namely the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the ensuing high-intensity conflict, significantly influencing all the examined and described sectors here. |