Czech Republic
Also known as: Czechia
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Independence play: Europe's pursuit of strategic autonomy ecfr.eu Jul 18, 2019 7 facts
perspectiveCzech policymakers view transportation, communication, cyber security, intelligence, and precision weapons as the areas in which Europe should work hardest to achieve strategic autonomy.
claimBulgaria, the Czech Republic, Finland, Latvia, and Romania perceive European Strategic Autonomy primarily as autonomy of action, which requires military and civilian capabilities and operational readiness.
claimThe Czech Republic is the only member of the European Union that believes the organization is moving away from its goals of operational collaboration, such as joint deployments and the European Intervention Initiative.
perspectiveCzech officials are pessimistic about the European Union's efforts to achieve strategic autonomy, perceiving no overall progress in the effort or in budgetary matters.
claimCzech policymakers expect European strategic autonomy efforts to serve as a framework for post-conflict stabilization, crisis management, first-entry missions, and higher-end operations.
perspectiveThe Czech government supports the European Union's effort to increase its global influence, but it does not necessarily support achieving this through defense integration.
perspectiveCzech policymakers and policy experts advocate for the European Union to increase its influence through strategic autonomy in Eastern Europe, countries bordering the Mediterranean, sub-Saharan Africa, space, and cyber security.
Quest for Strategic Autonomy? Europe Grapples with the US - China ... realinstitutoelcano.org Jun 26, 2025 4 facts
claimSeveral European countries have adopted formal Indo-Pacific strategies, including France (2018, updated 2020), Germany (2020), the Netherlands (2020), the European Union (2021), Czechia (2022), Lithuania (2023), and Sweden (2024).
claimSweden and Czechia have gradually warmed their stance on European strategic autonomy, though they remain ambivalent.
accountHungary designated Kecskemét and Pápa Air as facilities for United States use, while Slovakia, Denmark, Sweden, and Czechia signed Defence Cooperation Agreements (DCA) with the United States in 2022 and 2023.
claimGermany, Czechia, Austria, and Hungary are among the European countries with the most significant presence of Chinese 5G providers.
United States Foreign Intelligence Relationships everycrsreport.com May 15, 2019 2 facts
accountThe Czech Republic replaced its communist-era State Security Service (StB) by establishing entirely new domestic and foreign intelligence services.
claimAfter the Cold War, former Soviet-allied communist countries, including Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Republic and Slovakia), Bulgaria, Romania, and the Baltic states (Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania), became NATO allies and intelligence partners of the United States.
A critical review of industrial fiber hemp anatomy, agronomic ... bioresources.cnr.ncsu.edu 2 facts
measurementHemp biochar production via pyrolysis in the Czech Republic costs between €452 and €667 per ton without excess heat utilization, and between €381 and €596 per ton with excess heat utilization.
referenceHemp-lime bio-composites are characterized in a 2019 study presented at the IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science in Prague, Czech Republic.
Geopolitics of the energy transition: between global challenges and ... geoprogress-edition.eu Oct 26, 2025 1 fact
accountDuring the 2019 European Union summit, a coalition of Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, and Estonia successfully removed references to achieving climate neutrality by 2050 from the summit's conclusions.
Cross-cultural similarities and variations in parent-child value ... nature.com Nov 26, 2025 1 fact
referenceSümer, Pauknerová, Vancea, and Manuoğlu (2019) studied the intergenerational transmission of work values in the Czech Republic, Spain, and Turkey, specifically examining parent-child similarity and the moderating role of parenting behaviors.
Legal aspects of Open Source Software: What makes it different ... en.havelpartners.blog Jul 24, 2024 1 fact
claimIn the Czech Republic, neither personal nor economic copyrights can be waived, meaning software provided as a 'free work' is legally interpreted as a license granted by the author in a broad scope.
Investigation of nutritional and phytochemical properties of wild ... nature.com Dec 9, 2025 1 fact
claimThe Jan Amos Komenský Operational Programme, co-financed by the Czech Republic’s state budget and the European Union, supported the research through Project No. CZ.02.01.01/00/22_008/000463: Materials and Technologies for Sustainable Development.
Neuroimaging in psychedelic drug development: past, present, and ... nature.com Sep 27, 2023 1 fact
accountDuring the 1950s, psychedelics were used on a large scale in the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Czech Republic to treat various psychiatric conditions.
Impact of Parenting Style on Early Childhood Learning - Frontiers frontiersin.org Jun 29, 2022 1 fact
referenceThe article 'Impact of Parenting Style on Early Childhood Learning: Mediating Role of Parental Self-Efficacy' was edited by Hana Mohelska from the University of Hradec Králové, Czechia.
Iran War: A Defining Moment for the Middle East—Global Analysis ... ajc.org 1 fact
claimThe Czech Republic supported the U.S.–Israeli military operation against Iran, citing Iran’s nuclear program and its support for militant groups as threats to European security.