Nikola Hynek
Affiliation
Mr. Hynek is affiliated to the Metropolitan University Prague and the Institute of International Relations Prague.
Areas of specialization
- Strategic Studies (missile defence, new modalities of deterrence, the Third Site of BMD and its NATOization, strategic culture)
- Security Studies and Institutions (global and regional security institutions, Euro-Atlantic security architecture, conflict resolution and management)
- Theories and Methodologies of International Politics (realism, constructivism, post-structuralism, Foucault, discourse analysis)
- New Security Agendas (human security, environmental security, peace support operations, peace-building, humanitarianism in arms-control/disarmament)
- Foreign and Security Policy Analysis (regional focus: Czech Republic, Canada, EU, Russia)
- New Modes of Governance (new governmental rationalities, non-state actors and transnational networks in security and arms-control/disarmament issues, new typification of knowledge/power in security domain, political use of risk analysis, biopolitics, diplomatic heteronomies) .
Recent publications
Hynek, Nik and David Bosold (forthcoming 2010): "History and Genealogy of the Freedom-from-Fear Human Security Doctrine. " International Journal. ISSN 0020-7020.
Hynek, Nik a Teti, Andrea (forthcoming 2010): "Saving Identity from Postmodernism? The Normalisation of Constructivism in IR. " Contemporary Political Theory. ISSN 1470-8914.
Hynek, Nik (2008): "Japanese Human Security: Conceptual Development, Issues and Implementation. " Ritsumeikan Annual Review of International Studies. ISSN 1347-8214
