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Provincial Reconstruction Teams – What´s Next? Challenges of Reconstruction in Afghanistan

17.01.2010

PSSI co-organizes an international conference on the role of PRTs in Afghanistan.

Conference Website

The goals of the conference, which will take place in Prague on January 25-27, 2009,  are to contribute to a coherent PRT reconstruction strategy in Afghanistan based on a candid assessment of their operations to date, and to identify the challenges PRTs face. The conference also aims to increase awareness among European policymakers, the media, and the broader public of the challenges and the critical importance of reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, the Ministry of Defense of the Czech Republic, the Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic, the Prague Security Studies Institute, the embassies of the United States, Afghanistan, and Denmark in Prague, and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty are jointly organizing the conference.

To learn more about the conference, please click here.

Public debate on Iran

14.05.2012

PSSI, in cooperation with the US Embassy in Prague and Heinrich Böll Foundation, invites you to a discussion at the American Center. The topic of the Oxford style debate will be: This House Believes that Diplomacy Can Stop Iran ... more »

International Conference: „Gulf Region: Changing the Status Quo?“

14.05.2012

On May 22, 2012, Prague Security Studies Institute organizes a conference at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The conference will discuss how the Arab uprisings influenced the Gulf region and which role Iran plays in the region. To learn more about ... more »

Petr Lang appointed Program Director of PSSI

02.05.2012

On April 30, 2012, Petr Lang was appointed to the position of Program Director of the Prague Security Studies Institute (PSSI). Mr. Lang had been working as PSSI’s Program Coordinator since 2006. He has been involved in coordination, planning ... more »

PSSI’s Co-Founder, Roger W. Robinson Jr., assumes the position of Acting Executive Director of PSSI

30.04.2012

Recently, PSSI’s Co-Founder, Roger W. Robinson Jr., assumed the position of Acting Executive Director of the Institute. Like our late Co-Founder and Executive Director, Olda Černý, Mr. Robinson comes to this post with a background as a senior ... more »

PSSI organized two roundtables on the Middle East

23.04.2012

On March 28, 2012 the Prague Security Studies Institute organized a roundtable debate with professor Hillel Frisch, who teaches at the Departments of Political Studies and Middle East Studies in Bar-Ilan University, Israel and is a Senior Researcher ... more »

New Master’s Degree Program in International Security Studies at Charles University

19.04.2012

We are delighted to notify you that the Master’s Degree Program in International Security Studies (MISS) at the prestigious Charles University is now accredited for an English language curriculum that will commence this fall.  The deadline ... more »