Foreign policy, rhetorical action and the idea of otherness: The Czech Republic and Russia |
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Authors: | Petr Kratochví l, Petra Cibulkov ,Ví t Bene |
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Affiliation: | aInstitute of International Relations, Nerudova 3, Praha 1, 118 50 Mala Strana, Czech Republic;bJan Masaryk Centre for International Studies, Faculty of International Relations, University of Economics, Prague, nám. W. Churchilla 4, Praha 3, 130 67 Žižkov, Czech Republic |
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Abstract: | This article employs the concept of rhetorical action in an analysis of the recent developments in Czech-Russian political relations. Through the discourse analysis of key Russian political speeches and official documents related to the Czech Republic, as well as Czech speeches tackling the same issues, we look at two different rhetorical actions employed by Russia to induce changes in Czech policy. The attempts to make Czech policy unacceptable in the wider community of European democracies were only partially successful. While the first rhetorical action aimed against Czech NATO membership failed, the new diplomatic strategy stressing the need for a “normalization” of relations was successful in transforming Czech policy towards Russia. |
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Keywords: | Czech foreign policy Russia Rhetorical action NATO enlargement Speech acts Discourse analysis |
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