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The Prague Security Studies Institute is a Havel – Reagan shop. It was inspired by these remarkable individuals – one a globally-respected voice of conscience and the other a world leader who embodied “Peace through Strength". 

Prague Security Studies Institute would like to invite you to a roundtable discussion organized in collaboration with MP-IDSA, and with the support of the Czech Ministry of Defence and the Indian Embassy in the Czech Republic. The event will be held online on December 13 from 13:00 CET (17:30 IST, and 07:00 EDT).

PSSI's Senior Fellow Jonáš Syrovátka discussed his experience in fighting misinformation in the Czech Republic during the High-Level Roundtable on the European Democracy Action Plan: A One-Year Bilan convened by the Lisbon Council.

PSSI has published its report on the 2021 Czech parliamentary elections, continuing its project series "Czech Elections in the Era of Disinformation".

Dr. Pasco, Director of the Foundation for Strategic Research, will deliver an online guest lecture on December 13, 2021. The lecturer will provide a perspective on the "European strategic culture", with a view on its foundations as well as its limitations and dilemmas, in the context of space.

PSSI is offering a Project Assistant position in its Regional Security Program. The candidate should be well versed in research, analysis and policy-making in disinformation, information warfare, strategic communication and regulation of digital platforms. He/she should be able to work part-time (up to 20 hr./week) starting in January 2021. The expected duration of the internship is six months with the possibility of extension. The position is located in Prague and is suitable for university students in M.A. and Ph.D. programs, as well as young professionals.

Mr. Stefano Iannitti, Head of the Security Department at European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA), will deliver an online guest lecture entitled “The Link Between Space and Security: The Role and the Experience of the EU Agency for the Space Programme” on December 6, 2021. 

Prague Security Studies Institute uspořádal 24. listopadu debatu o perspektivách české bezpečnosti. V rámci akce byla představena studie mapující odolnost zemí střední a východní Evropy vůči vlivovému působení autoritativních států. Následoval kulatý stůl zaměřený na výhledy do budoucna a úkoly pro budoucí politickou reprezentaci.

The Index measures vulnerability towards foreign influence in eight countries: Bulgaria, Czechia, Hungary, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, and Slovakia.