Ľubomír Zvada

• Palacký University
• PhD. Candidate at Palacký University Olomouc

After a general overview of the context of the 2023 general election in Slova- kia, the article provides a detailed analysis of the electoral results and support for political parties. Using both aggregate and individual level data, we show that the results were influenced by a combination of long-term features defin- ing electoral support and voti...

Na základě metody obsahové analýzy, tato studie analyzuje vůbec první publikovanou bezpečnostní strategii Izraelských obranných sil, která byla zveřejněna v roce 2015. Hlavním cílem textu je nejen představit okolnosti vzniku a diskutovat hlavní cíle tohoto strategického bezpečnostního dokumentu, ale také nastínit širší geopolitický kontext, z něhož...

This chapter analyses and depicts the state of social democracy in Slovakia as represented by the Smer-SD (Smer-Sociálna demokracia, Direction-Social Democracy). This in-depth analysis primarily focuses on the last decade of Smer-SD governing. Amongst others, it answers the questions such as What is the position of the Slovak left in its political...

This study offers a comprehensive, in-depth analysis of Slovak illiberal anti-gender parliamentary discourse based on a unique dataset consisting of 85 parliamentary speeches. It presents who the main actors are in terms of the illiberal anti-gender discourse in Slovakia and which narratives they postulate. It also considers if there is any variati...

This review article focuses on Jewish insurgency under the British mandate for Palestine from 1939 to 1948. The Jewish guerrilla campaign represents a successful case study in the field of the research on small wars and insurgency, proxy wars. The authors analyze the early phase of the British Mandate in 1918-1939, referred to as the prelude to the...

This paper endeavours to deliver a comprehensive spatial depiction of Slovakia’s presidential election held on 16th and 30th March 2019. At first, the text briefly considers electoral and institutional framework of presidential elections and its background. Within the context of the first round, the paper subsequently analyses the electoral support...

This contribution is a complex analysis of the geographic voting patterns in the 2020 Slovak parliamentary election using methods such as Geographically Weighted Regression, Hierarchical Regression Models, and Ecological Inference. It is focused on the winner of the 2020 parliamentary election, the populist OĽaNO, and on the loser, the traditional...

This article explains Martin Buber’s pre-dialogical philosophy. In this paper, the author analyzes key thoughts expressed by Martin Buber on Judaism and Zionism. This essay mainly focuses on Buber’s thinking about the concept of the so-called ‘Jewish Renaissance’, which Buber discusses in many of his essays, articles and especially in his book enti...

This Handbook maps the contours of an exciting and burgeoning interdisciplinary field concerned with the role of language and languages in situations of conflict. It explores conceptual approaches, sources of information that are available, and the institutions and actors that mediate language encounters. It examines case studies of the role that l...

Současná nestabilita arabského světa se projevuje různě: revolucemi, politickým islámem, terorismem, migrací a hroucením celých států. Kniha vysvětluje kořeny nestability s pomocí teoreticky původní a empiricky podložené historicko-sociologické srovnávací analýzy. Ta vychází z teze o vysoce nerovnoměrném tempu změn v jednotlivých dimenzích modern...

This paper focuses on the migration crisis from the perspective of Slovakia while examining the impact of the crisis on the last parliamentary elections in 2016. The migration/refugee crisis that started in 2015 played a significant role during the pre-electoral discourse and political campaigns. This paper has two main goals. The primarily goal is...

John S. McCain: válečný veterán, politický jestřáb a přítel Izraele John Sidney McCain III podlehl 25.srpna 2018, v kruhu své rodiny na ranči v Arizoně svému boji s rakovinou, informovala stroze agentura AP a později celosvětový tisk. Dlouholetý americký senátor státu Arizona, jeden z lídrů Konzervativní strany ztělesňoval jednoho z nejrespektovaně...

The Israeli parliament, Knesset, overnight (from 18th of July to 19th of July) passed the very controversial Nation-State Bill (NSB) which proclaims Israel as the national home of the Jewish people. Moreover, the Arabic language lost the status of an official language of Israel and was demoted merely to "special status". In addition, NSB also procl...

V pondelok 2. júla 2018 odletela slovenská delegácia vedená predsedom Národnej Rady Slovenskej Republiky (NRSR) Andrejom Dankom (SNS) v sprievode svojich českých kolegov na čele s predsedom Senátu Českej republiky Milanom Štěchom na diplomatickú návštevu štátu Izrael. Dôvodom návštevy bolo 70. výročie založenia štátu Izrael, ale taktiež 100. výroči...