Think Tanks in the Czech Republic Martin Bajtler.

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1 Think Tanks in the Czech Republic Martin Bajtler

2 Presentation structure What is Think Tank? Typology Think Tanks in the Czech Republic Examples Summary References

3 What is Think Tank? source: http://www.humanosphere.org/basics/2014/05/think- tanks-influence-public-policy-influence/ source: http://pacificcmsdev.pacific.edu/

4 What is Think Tank? During WWII in the USA  NGOs dealing with domestic or foreign and defense policy End of 70‘s  rest of the world Public sector Production of policy-relevant expert knowledge ▫for public ▫for media ▫for state officials

5 Typology Typology by McGann & Weaver 4 Types: ▫Academic think tanks (university without students) ▫Contractual think tanks ▫ Advocacy think tanks ▫Party-affiliated think tanks

6 source: Think Tanks in Czech Policy Discourses - CÍSAŘ, O.; HRUBEŠ, M. (2014). Think Tanks and Policy Discourses in the Czech Republic; p. 7.

7 Think Tanks in the Czech Republic 1989  Before 1989 - Prognostic Institute ??? First think tanks - Liberal-conservative discourse Inspiration - CATO Institue Economical transformation – Václav Klaus Now – various ideological discourses

8 Examples source: Think Tanks in Czech Policy Discourses - CÍSAŘ, O.; HRUBEŠ, M. (2014). Think Tanks and Policy Discourses in the Czech Republic; p. 19.

9 Centre for the Study of Democracy and Culture 1993 academic, contractual, advocacy liberal-conservative position research, seminars, conferences journal Politics Review Petr Fiala, Stanislav Balík, František Mikš

10 Liberal Institute 1990 advocacy think tank classical liberalism economic policy journal Terra Libera Petr Koblovský, Jiří Schwarz

11 Civic Institute 1990 advocacy Think Tank conservative position - conservative and Christian ideas and values education, publishing, public library monthly Bulletin Roman Joch

12 Association for International Affairs 1997 (1995) academic, contractual International and foreign policy discourse education and research in the field of international relations European Union External Affairs Review Tomáš Karásek, Vít Dostál, Kryštof Kruliš

13 European Values 2005 advocacy, contractual International and foreign policy discourse European Union public and non-public lectures, discussions, seminars and conferences Radko Hokovský, Jakub Janda

14 Václav Havel Library 2004 advocacy Think Tank research, documentary and library activities connected to V. Havel human rights, civil society Jáchym Topol

15 Other notable Think Tanks Institute of International Relations The Masaryk Democratic Academy Institute for Democracy and Economic Analysis Center for Economics and Politics CEVRO EUROPEUM

16 Summary source: Think Tanks in Czech Policy Discourses - CÍSAŘ, O.; HRUBEŠ, M. (2014). Think Tanks and Policy Discourses in the Czech Republic; p. 7.

17 References BRUZLOVÁ, A. (2007). Modely působení think tanků se zaměřením na zahraniční politiku v České republice. Brno: Masarykova univerzita CÍSAŘ, O.; HRUBEŠ, M. (2014). Think Tanks and Policy Discourses in the Czech Republic. [on-line] [2015-3-20]. From: https://www.academia.edu/9354764/Think_Tanks_and_Policy_Discourses_in_the_Czech_Republic ŠKROBÁK, Z. (2007). Role think-tanků v politickém systému ČR. Případová studie ideového a akademického think-tanku CEP a Europeum. Praha: Univerzita Karlova WEAVER, K. R. (1989). The Changing World of Think Tanks. Political Science and Politics, Vol. 22, No. 3 (Sep., 1989), pp. 563-578 Asociace pro mezinárodní otázky. [on-line] [2015-3-20]. From: http://www.amo.cz/o-nas.htm Centrum pro ekonomiku a politiku. [on-line] [2015-3-20]. From: http://cepin.cz/cze/index.php Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury. [on-line] [2015-3-20]. From: http://www.cdk.cz/info/ CEVRO – Liberálně-konzervativní akademie. [on-line] [2015-3-20]. From: http://www.cevro.cz/cs/241501- profil-cevro Evropské hodnoty. [on-line] [2015-3-20]. From: http://www.evropskehodnoty.cz/o-nas/nase-poslani/ Knihovna Václava Havla. [on-line] [2015-3-20]. From: http://www.vaclavhavel-library.org/cs/o-nas Liberální institut. [on-line] [2015-3-20]. From: http://www.libinst.cz/o-nas Masarykova demokratická akademie. [on-line] [2015-3-20]. From: http://www.masarykovaakademie.cz/index.php/o-nas Občanský institut. [on-line] [2015-3-20]. From: http://www.obcinst.cz/o-obcanskem-institutu Ústav mezinárodních vztahů. [on-line] [2015-3-20]. From: http://www.iir.cz/static/kdo-jsme#