Publications
Regional Security Program // Kristína Šefčíková / 24 Feb 2022
Zelená dohoda pro Evropu na české dezinformační scéně
Zelená dohoda pro Evropu se stává významným tématem na české dezinformační scéně jako jedna z linií kritiky Evropské unie. Výzkumníci PSSI monitorovali weby známé šířením dezinformací a způsob, jakým přistupovaly k tématu Zelené dohody a klimatické změny před českými parlamentními volbami 2021 a jaké změny nastaly v jejich přístupu po volbách.
Economic & Financial Statecraft Program // Zack Kramer / 18 Feb 2022
PSSI Perspective #17 - The Case for Investment Bans Against 2014-Sanctioned Russian Companies and Sovereign Bonds
PSSI Perspective #17 discusses the lack of active allied planning for capital markets sanctions against Russia's most prominent publicly traded companies in allied markets.
Regional Security Program // Kristína Šefčíková / 10 Feb 2022
PSSI Perspective #16 - The New Czech Government in Pro-Kremlin Media: A Case Study of Sputnik CZ
Researchers from Prague Security Studies Institute (PSSI) monitored the website Sputnik CZ in the period from October to December 2021 to map how it reflected the formation of the new Czech government.
Space Security Program // Dr. Jana Robinson, Patrik Martínek, Jakub Pražák and Kristína Sikoraiová / 28 Jan 2022
Strategic Competition for International Space Partnerships and Key Principles for a Sustainable Global Space Economy
PSSI’s report on how the space domain, a major component of national political, economic, and military power, has now taken center stage in the competition among the major space powers and aspirant nations.
Regional Security Program // Kristína Šefčíková / 24 Jan 2022
PSSI Perspective #15: Pandora Papers - novinářská praxe a integrita ve střetu s alternativními médii
Kauza Pandora Papers, týkající se i nyní již bývalého českého premiéra Andreje Babiše, rozvířila v říjnu 2021 český informační prostor, zatímco se země připravovala na parlamentní volby.
Economic & Financial Statecraft Program // Zack Kramer, Zuzana Krulichová, Simone Neads / 21 Jan 2022
The Impact of the International Investment Bank in the Czech Republic
There are multiple security concerns surrounding the Russian-led International Investment Bank, IIB. These include a lack of transparency and accountability, suspected ties to Russian intelligence and fiduciary malfeasance. This investigative report looks at the investments that have been made by the Bank within the Czech Republic and challenges those claims made by the Bank that it has positively advanced the Czech industry. In offering a history of the Bank's activity in the Czech Republic, it is worth noting that it is marked by a pattern of corruption and mismanagement.
Regional Security Program // Jonáš Syrovátka, Kristína Šefčíková / 7 Dec 2021
Czech Parliamentary Elections 2021 Report
PSSI has published its report on the 2021 Czech parliamentary elections, continuing its project series "Czech Elections in the Era of Disinformation".
Economic & Financial Statecraft Program // Zachary Kramer, Prague Security Studies Institute / 3 Nov 2021
PSSI Perspective #14: Imposing Capital Market Sanctions Against Chinese and Russian Enterprises Poised to Underwrite the Taliban
PSSI Perspective #14 discusses how the EU and the US can use capital market sanctions to prevent Chinese and Russian firms from financially underwriting the Taliban regime.
Space Security Program // Jana Robinson Ph.D / 25 Oct 2021
PSSI Perspective #13 - Fair Space Commerce: A Key Component of Sustainable Global Space Governance
In PSSI Perspective #13, our Managing Director, Dr. Jana Robinson, argues that the space governance discussions need to go beyond emerging technologies to include fundamental principles, such as the protection of sovereignty, free and fair trade, and the independence of fledgling and other space-faring nations.
Regional Security Program // Šimon Pinkas + Political Capital / 2 Sep 2021
The Specter of Authoritarian Regimes is Haunting Europe
Since its inception in 2019, the project Authoritarian Shadows in the European Union, headed by the Hungarian think tank Political Capital, has been monitoring the voting patterns of MEPs in order to map their attitudes towards authoritarian states. The latest output of the project seeks not only to find out how MEPs perceive those states but also their opinions about the issues of disinformation and the Common EU Foreign Policy.