Peace Research Center Prague
@prcp.cuni.cz
Interdisciplinary research Center of Excellence based at Charles University. We study international conflict, peace and security.
What if Russia wins? Prof. Carlo Masala addressed this question in his recent lecture as he presented his book "If Russia Wins", showing how a 2028 Russian attack on Estonia could expose Europe’s political paralysis and weak defence. A stark reminder of what’s at stake. @ims.fsv.cuni.cz
November 19, 2025 at 9:10 AM
What if Russia wins? Prof. Carlo Masala addressed this question in his recent lecture as he presented his book "If Russia Wins", showing how a 2028 Russian attack on Estonia could expose Europe’s political paralysis and weak defence. A stark reminder of what’s at stake. @ims.fsv.cuni.cz
Does public opinion shape elite preferences for nuclear weapon use? 🚀 Our new article in @ejisbisa.bsky.social provides the first experimental evidence that political elites are at least partially influenced by public sentiment when considering high-level decisions on nuclear weapon use.
November 12, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Does public opinion shape elite preferences for nuclear weapon use? 🚀 Our new article in @ejisbisa.bsky.social provides the first experimental evidence that political elites are at least partially influenced by public sentiment when considering high-level decisions on nuclear weapon use.
4️⃣ Alžběta Dvořáková is a new Ph.D. student of International Area Studies at the @ims.fsv.cuni.cz, where she focuses on arms control, disarmament as well as emerging and disruptive technologies.
🔗 prcprague.cz/alzbeta-dvor...
🔗 prcprague.cz/alzbeta-dvor...
October 27, 2025 at 10:15 AM
4️⃣ Alžběta Dvořáková is a new Ph.D. student of International Area Studies at the @ims.fsv.cuni.cz, where she focuses on arms control, disarmament as well as emerging and disruptive technologies.
🔗 prcprague.cz/alzbeta-dvor...
🔗 prcprague.cz/alzbeta-dvor...
3️⃣ @tobiasrisse.bsky.social is a postdoctoral researcher affiliated with the PRCP, where he is part of the OP JAK #INTERFER project. His research focuses on states' and individuals' positions toward foreign and security policy.
🔗 prcprague.cz/tobias-risse
🔗 prcprague.cz/tobias-risse
October 27, 2025 at 10:15 AM
3️⃣ @tobiasrisse.bsky.social is a postdoctoral researcher affiliated with the PRCP, where he is part of the OP JAK #INTERFER project. His research focuses on states' and individuals' positions toward foreign and security policy.
🔗 prcprague.cz/tobias-risse
🔗 prcprague.cz/tobias-risse
2️⃣ Klára Kosová is a Ph.D. candidate at the @ims.fsv.cuni.cz. In her research, she combines social sciences, humanities and computational science to address complex societal challenges, such as legitimacy crises in post-socialist Central-Eastern and Southeastern Europe.
🔗 prcprague.cz/klara-kosova
🔗 prcprague.cz/klara-kosova
October 27, 2025 at 10:15 AM
2️⃣ Klára Kosová is a Ph.D. candidate at the @ims.fsv.cuni.cz. In her research, she combines social sciences, humanities and computational science to address complex societal challenges, such as legitimacy crises in post-socialist Central-Eastern and Southeastern Europe.
🔗 prcprague.cz/klara-kosova
🔗 prcprague.cz/klara-kosova
1️⃣ Anna Šillerová is a Ph.D. candidate at the @ims.fsv.cuni.cz. She examines images of Russia in Czech and Slovak public discourses and their role in the construction of national identity in Czechia and Slovakia.
🔗 prcprague.cz/anna-sillerova
🔗 prcprague.cz/anna-sillerova
October 27, 2025 at 10:15 AM
1️⃣ Anna Šillerová is a Ph.D. candidate at the @ims.fsv.cuni.cz. She examines images of Russia in Czech and Slovak public discourses and their role in the construction of national identity in Czechia and Slovakia.
🔗 prcprague.cz/anna-sillerova
🔗 prcprague.cz/anna-sillerova
We are excited to welcome new researchers to the PRCP! 🥳 Read more about their background and research focus below. 👇
October 27, 2025 at 10:15 AM
We are excited to welcome new researchers to the PRCP! 🥳 Read more about their background and research focus below. 👇
Our second panel turned to foreign interference in the emerging Cold War. @kristinmbakke.bsky.social presented research on public attitudes in Russia’s “near abroad,” showing how the 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine disrupted geopolitical orientations and deepened polarization.
October 22, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Our second panel turned to foreign interference in the emerging Cold War. @kristinmbakke.bsky.social presented research on public attitudes in Russia’s “near abroad,” showing how the 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine disrupted geopolitical orientations and deepened polarization.
Our first panel built on Prof. Buzan’s keynote. Mariya Grinberg (MIT) argued that while the global outlook is grim, it’s unclear if we’re in a new Cold War. True bipolarity and recurring crises between 2 superpowers are absent, with only one true proxy war taking place. #CSF2025
October 22, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Our first panel built on Prof. Buzan’s keynote. Mariya Grinberg (MIT) argued that while the global outlook is grim, it’s unclear if we’re in a new Cold War. True bipolarity and recurring crises between 2 superpowers are absent, with only one true proxy war taking place. #CSF2025
The Czech Security Forum 2025 has officially started!
We opened with a keynote by Prof. Barry Buzan (LSE), who emphasized that the West has lost its global influence over state behavior and argued that we have been living in a Second Cold War for the past decade. #CSF2025
We opened with a keynote by Prof. Barry Buzan (LSE), who emphasized that the West has lost its global influence over state behavior and argued that we have been living in a Second Cold War for the past decade. #CSF2025
October 22, 2025 at 8:36 AM
The Czech Security Forum 2025 has officially started!
We opened with a keynote by Prof. Barry Buzan (LSE), who emphasized that the West has lost its global influence over state behavior and argued that we have been living in a Second Cold War for the past decade. #CSF2025
We opened with a keynote by Prof. Barry Buzan (LSE), who emphasized that the West has lost its global influence over state behavior and argued that we have been living in a Second Cold War for the past decade. #CSF2025
🇨🇿🇺🇦 Jak bude nová česká vláda přistupovat k Ukrajině? Podle našeho výzkumníka @jeberle.bsky.social bude méně vstřícná oproti té předchozí, ale je nepravděpodobné, že by blokovala vojenskou podporu Kyjevu. @ims.fsv.cuni.cz @fsv.unikarlova.cuni.cz www.ceskenoviny.cz/ukrinform/ce...
October 20, 2025 at 8:34 AM
🇨🇿🇺🇦 Jak bude nová česká vláda přistupovat k Ukrajině? Podle našeho výzkumníka @jeberle.bsky.social bude méně vstřícná oproti té předchozí, ale je nepravděpodobné, že by blokovala vojenskou podporu Kyjevu. @ims.fsv.cuni.cz @fsv.unikarlova.cuni.cz www.ceskenoviny.cz/ukrinform/ce...
Huge congratulations to our Ph.D. candidate Zakir Rzazade
for publishing his first peer-reviewed article! 🎉 He explores the expert-media gap in perceptions on drone usage implications on modern warfare. @ims.fsv.cuni.cz @fsv.charlesuni.cuni.cz @europeansecurity.bsky.social
for publishing his first peer-reviewed article! 🎉 He explores the expert-media gap in perceptions on drone usage implications on modern warfare. @ims.fsv.cuni.cz @fsv.charlesuni.cuni.cz @europeansecurity.bsky.social
October 18, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Huge congratulations to our Ph.D. candidate Zakir Rzazade
for publishing his first peer-reviewed article! 🎉 He explores the expert-media gap in perceptions on drone usage implications on modern warfare. @ims.fsv.cuni.cz @fsv.charlesuni.cuni.cz @europeansecurity.bsky.social
for publishing his first peer-reviewed article! 🎉 He explores the expert-media gap in perceptions on drone usage implications on modern warfare. @ims.fsv.cuni.cz @fsv.charlesuni.cuni.cz @europeansecurity.bsky.social
You can find more information about the INTERFER project here: www.interfer-project.eu
October 2, 2025 at 12:46 PM
You can find more information about the INTERFER project here: www.interfer-project.eu
📢 Job opportunity: Postdoctoral Researcher!
Join the @iirprague.bsky.social INTERFER team and delve into foreign interference research with a focus on technology.
💼 Full-time position until Dec 2028
💶 64,600 CZK gross/month + travel funds
🗓 Apply by 12 Oct 👉 www.prcprague.cz/news/2025/9/...
Join the @iirprague.bsky.social INTERFER team and delve into foreign interference research with a focus on technology.
💼 Full-time position until Dec 2028
💶 64,600 CZK gross/month + travel funds
🗓 Apply by 12 Oct 👉 www.prcprague.cz/news/2025/9/...
October 2, 2025 at 12:46 PM
📢 Job opportunity: Postdoctoral Researcher!
Join the @iirprague.bsky.social INTERFER team and delve into foreign interference research with a focus on technology.
💼 Full-time position until Dec 2028
💶 64,600 CZK gross/month + travel funds
🗓 Apply by 12 Oct 👉 www.prcprague.cz/news/2025/9/...
Join the @iirprague.bsky.social INTERFER team and delve into foreign interference research with a focus on technology.
💼 Full-time position until Dec 2028
💶 64,600 CZK gross/month + travel funds
🗓 Apply by 12 Oct 👉 www.prcprague.cz/news/2025/9/...
🚀 How to navigate the new nuclear map? @laurensukin.bsky.social and Rohan Mukherjee (LSE) published a 7-essay roundtable in Texas National Security Review on shifts in the global nuclear order across Europe, Latin America, Middle East, South Asia, China & the Korean Peninsula.
October 1, 2025 at 6:50 AM
🚀 How to navigate the new nuclear map? @laurensukin.bsky.social and Rohan Mukherjee (LSE) published a 7-essay roundtable in Texas National Security Review on shifts in the global nuclear order across Europe, Latin America, Middle East, South Asia, China & the Korean Peninsula.
🎓 Just published in @cspjournal.bsky.social:
Does CSFP co-ordination foster convergence?
By analyzing EU voting behavior on nuclear weapons in the UNGA 1979–2022, @profonderco.bsky.social
and his colleagues find that while convergence hardly increases, the level of consensus remains stable.
Does CSFP co-ordination foster convergence?
By analyzing EU voting behavior on nuclear weapons in the UNGA 1979–2022, @profonderco.bsky.social
and his colleagues find that while convergence hardly increases, the level of consensus remains stable.
September 9, 2025 at 12:43 PM
🎓 Just published in @cspjournal.bsky.social:
Does CSFP co-ordination foster convergence?
By analyzing EU voting behavior on nuclear weapons in the UNGA 1979–2022, @profonderco.bsky.social
and his colleagues find that while convergence hardly increases, the level of consensus remains stable.
Does CSFP co-ordination foster convergence?
By analyzing EU voting behavior on nuclear weapons in the UNGA 1979–2022, @profonderco.bsky.social
and his colleagues find that while convergence hardly increases, the level of consensus remains stable.
🥳 Srdečně vás zveme na další večer plný debat TO JE KRIZE! Tentokrát s @voxpot.bsky.social, @amoklima.bsky.social a @iirprague.bsky.social. Těšit se můžete na debaty o AI a klima dezinformacích, české politice vůči Izraeli, oligarchizaci politiky a morálce v současných konfliktech.
September 3, 2025 at 3:58 PM
🥳 Srdečně vás zveme na další večer plný debat TO JE KRIZE! Tentokrát s @voxpot.bsky.social, @amoklima.bsky.social a @iirprague.bsky.social. Těšit se můžete na debaty o AI a klima dezinformacích, české politice vůči Izraeli, oligarchizaci politiky a morálce v současných konfliktech.
✒️ New #OpenAccess article in the JCR by our @laurensukin.bsky.social, co-authored by
@herzogsm.bsky.social and @lanoszka.bsky.social!
They examined the efficacy of US attempts to reassure allies and the public during the war in Ukraine, questioning whether restraint or resolve was more effective.
@herzogsm.bsky.social and @lanoszka.bsky.social!
They examined the efficacy of US attempts to reassure allies and the public during the war in Ukraine, questioning whether restraint or resolve was more effective.
August 22, 2025 at 12:24 PM
✒️ New #OpenAccess article in the JCR by our @laurensukin.bsky.social, co-authored by
@herzogsm.bsky.social and @lanoszka.bsky.social!
They examined the efficacy of US attempts to reassure allies and the public during the war in Ukraine, questioning whether restraint or resolve was more effective.
@herzogsm.bsky.social and @lanoszka.bsky.social!
They examined the efficacy of US attempts to reassure allies and the public during the war in Ukraine, questioning whether restraint or resolve was more effective.
🇺🇦 Co by se stalo, kdyby Ukrajina neměla jasně dané bezpečnostní záruky? O tom, ale i o Trumpovi, Putinovi a Aljašce mluvil náš ředitel @smetanamichal.bsky.social s
@jbelicek.bsky.social v @denikalarm.bsky.social.
➡️ Celý rozhovor: denikalarm.cz/2025/08/trum...
@ims.fsv.cuni.cz
@jbelicek.bsky.social v @denikalarm.bsky.social.
➡️ Celý rozhovor: denikalarm.cz/2025/08/trum...
@ims.fsv.cuni.cz
August 22, 2025 at 11:37 AM
🇺🇦 Co by se stalo, kdyby Ukrajina neměla jasně dané bezpečnostní záruky? O tom, ale i o Trumpovi, Putinovi a Aljašce mluvil náš ředitel @smetanamichal.bsky.social s
@jbelicek.bsky.social v @denikalarm.bsky.social.
➡️ Celý rozhovor: denikalarm.cz/2025/08/trum...
@ims.fsv.cuni.cz
@jbelicek.bsky.social v @denikalarm.bsky.social.
➡️ Celý rozhovor: denikalarm.cz/2025/08/trum...
@ims.fsv.cuni.cz
✍️ @zuzanakrulichova.bsky.social just published a new article in @coco-journal.bsky.social: She presents a systematic literature review on narrative approaches in IR, introducing agency-centric and structure-centric approaches.
@ims.fsv.cuni.cz
@ims.fsv.cuni.cz
August 21, 2025 at 12:51 PM
✍️ @zuzanakrulichova.bsky.social just published a new article in @coco-journal.bsky.social: She presents a systematic literature review on narrative approaches in IR, introducing agency-centric and structure-centric approaches.
@ims.fsv.cuni.cz
@ims.fsv.cuni.cz
🎓 Just published! @laurensukin.bsky.social and her colleagues find that in case of Chinese aggression against a regional state, the US public would support intervening on behalf of allies.
➡️ Such willingness however stems from alliance, not from an adversarial relationship with Beijing.
➡️ Such willingness however stems from alliance, not from an adversarial relationship with Beijing.
July 30, 2025 at 5:46 PM
🎓 Just published! @laurensukin.bsky.social and her colleagues find that in case of Chinese aggression against a regional state, the US public would support intervening on behalf of allies.
➡️ Such willingness however stems from alliance, not from an adversarial relationship with Beijing.
➡️ Such willingness however stems from alliance, not from an adversarial relationship with Beijing.
🎉 We are happy to officially welcome Isabelle Haynes as a new member to our @erc.europa.eu #MICROCODE team! She is a new Ph.D. candidate at the @ims.fsv.cuni.cz and in her research, she will investigate cross-national heterogeneity in public support for the collective defence principle.
July 20, 2025 at 8:26 AM
🎉 We are happy to officially welcome Isabelle Haynes as a new member to our @erc.europa.eu #MICROCODE team! She is a new Ph.D. candidate at the @ims.fsv.cuni.cz and in her research, she will investigate cross-national heterogeneity in public support for the collective defence principle.
New article in @ejir.bsky.social! 🚨
@smetanamichal.bsky.social @mvranka.bsky.social and @ondrejrosendorf.bsky.social argue that due to the overly complex nature of arms control practices, the public relies on simplified heuristic frames and elite cues to build their opinion.
@ims.fsv.cuni.cz
@smetanamichal.bsky.social @mvranka.bsky.social and @ondrejrosendorf.bsky.social argue that due to the overly complex nature of arms control practices, the public relies on simplified heuristic frames and elite cues to build their opinion.
@ims.fsv.cuni.cz
July 15, 2025 at 7:21 AM
New article in @ejir.bsky.social! 🚨
@smetanamichal.bsky.social @mvranka.bsky.social and @ondrejrosendorf.bsky.social argue that due to the overly complex nature of arms control practices, the public relies on simplified heuristic frames and elite cues to build their opinion.
@ims.fsv.cuni.cz
@smetanamichal.bsky.social @mvranka.bsky.social and @ondrejrosendorf.bsky.social argue that due to the overly complex nature of arms control practices, the public relies on simplified heuristic frames and elite cues to build their opinion.
@ims.fsv.cuni.cz
New research alert! 🚨
@tobiasrisse.bsky.social just published an article in
@intlinteractions.bsky.social on the topic of interstate rivalry, major power status, and state support for arms control.
🌎 He argues that rivalries with major powers decrease non-major powers’ support for arms control.
@tobiasrisse.bsky.social just published an article in
@intlinteractions.bsky.social on the topic of interstate rivalry, major power status, and state support for arms control.
🌎 He argues that rivalries with major powers decrease non-major powers’ support for arms control.
June 20, 2025 at 10:08 AM
New research alert! 🚨
@tobiasrisse.bsky.social just published an article in
@intlinteractions.bsky.social on the topic of interstate rivalry, major power status, and state support for arms control.
🌎 He argues that rivalries with major powers decrease non-major powers’ support for arms control.
@tobiasrisse.bsky.social just published an article in
@intlinteractions.bsky.social on the topic of interstate rivalry, major power status, and state support for arms control.
🌎 He argues that rivalries with major powers decrease non-major powers’ support for arms control.
🚨 New research: What role should the US play in the nuclear dynamics of the Asia-Pacific region?
In a new article at Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament, @laurensukin.bsky.social and Samuel Seitz argue that the goal should be deterring nuclear threats, not threatening to use nuclear weapons.
In a new article at Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament, @laurensukin.bsky.social and Samuel Seitz argue that the goal should be deterring nuclear threats, not threatening to use nuclear weapons.
June 13, 2025 at 5:09 PM
🚨 New research: What role should the US play in the nuclear dynamics of the Asia-Pacific region?
In a new article at Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament, @laurensukin.bsky.social and Samuel Seitz argue that the goal should be deterring nuclear threats, not threatening to use nuclear weapons.
In a new article at Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament, @laurensukin.bsky.social and Samuel Seitz argue that the goal should be deterring nuclear threats, not threatening to use nuclear weapons.