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Peace Research Center Prague @prcp.cuni.cz · 13/09/2026

📰 With the growing popularity of AfD, should we expect a reset of Germany's pragmatic politics towards Russia? Our scholar @jeberle.bsky.social just published a new long-read in @warontherocks.bsky.social, arguing why the comeback of Ostpolitik is unlikely. warontherocks.com/why-are-peop...

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Why Are People Talking About a German Reset with Russia?

The summer of 2026 has raised questions once again among politicians, diplomats, and academics about whether Germany might be about to dither on Russia.

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Peace Research Center Prague @prcp.cuni.cz · 19/08/2026

❗️ New research alert! Our Ph.D. candidate Zakir Rzazade just published a study using 2 conjoint survey experiments (N=1,002 & 501), finding that AI leadership & military tech boost perceived status, but going the domestic-production route pays off far more than buying from abroad.

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Peace Research Center Prague @prcp.cuni.cz · 06/08/2026

🇩🇪 Proč se Německo ocitá v takových problémech s migrací, energetikou nebo stagnující ekonomikou? Proč v průzkumech nadále vede AfD? Náš výzkumník @jeberle.bsky.social vysvětlil příčiny a možná řešení těchto problémů v podcastu Bruselský diktát Hospodářských novin 👇 podcasty.hn.cz/c1-67908620-...

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Německo se nezhroutilo a to je ten problém. Co je v zemi špatně s růstem, migrací i politikou

O Německu v Česku slýcháme prakticky jen špatné zprávy: o obrovských problémech s migrací, energetikou nebo stagnující ekonomikou. A v průzkumech tam vede strana, která navazuje na nejhorší rysy němec...

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Peace Research Center Prague @prcp.cuni.cz · 18/07/2026

🖊️ New policy paper, co-authored by our scholar Dominika Kunertova: How should NATO adapt to the age of full spectrum drone warfare? How can member states build a doctrine and supply chains to deploy drones more effectively than their adversaries? academic.oup.com/ia/article/1...

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Peace Research Center Prague @prcp.cuni.cz · 19/06/2026

🔵 Our scholar @jeberle.bsky.social will be a visiting researcher at the @leibniz-ios.de. During his stay, he will be delivering a guest lecture on digital sovereignty in the CEE region. If you happen to be in the city, feel free to join! 📅 July 6, 16:00–17:30 📍 Landshuter str. 4

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Peace Research Center Prague @prcp.cuni.cz · 10/05/2026

New #INTERFER study alert! 📣 Our scholar @zuzanakrulichova.bsky.social analyzed how Lithuania's foreign policy towards China reoriented from economic engagement with the Belt & Road Initiative to framing it as a security threat and adopting a competing Indo-Pacific strategy. Link below 👇

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Peace Research Center Prague @prcp.cuni.cz · 05/05/2026

Většina Čechů stále nemá jasný názor na Izrael. Od roku 2024 ale vůči zemi sílí negativní sentiment. Ukazují to naše nová data, která mapují vývoj českých postojů k izraelsko-palestinskému konfliktu mezi lety 2022 a 2026. 👇 @ims.fsv.cuni.cz 1/5

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Peace Research Center Prague @prcp.cuni.cz · 30/04/2026

🔵 The heavy polarization of the U.S. political system will continue to undermine American credibility abroad, regardless of who will be in power after Trump's 2nd mandate. Our researcher @laurensukin.bsky.social summarized her recent findings in @foreignpolicy.com 👇 foreignpolicy.com/2026/04/23/t...

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After Trump, Partisanship Will Still Undermine U.S. Credibility

For foreign audiences, the dysfunctional nature of U.S. politics matters more than the country’s leader.

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Peace Research Center Prague @prcp.cuni.cz · 16/04/2026

🔵🇺🇸 How do U.S. domestic politics shape foreign perceptions of nuclear credibility? A new cross-national survey experiment from our researcher @laurensukin.bsky.social and her colleague Helen Webley-Brown finds that particularly polarization decreases foreign confidence in U.S. deterrence.

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Peace Research Center Prague @prcp.cuni.cz · 10/04/2026

🎉 Our 1st @erc.europa.eu #MICROCODE article is out! Using a cross-national survey experiment, @smetanamichal.bsky.social, @mvranka.bsky.social & @ondrejrosendorf.bsky.social find that formal alliances boost public support for military intervention globally, but the effect is smaller outside NATO.

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Peace Research Center Prague @prcp.cuni.cz · 09/04/2026

🔵 Do politicians trade human rights for the benefits of arms deals? Not more than citizens do. Those are findings from @tobiasrisse.bsky.social & @chrisvsteinert.bsky.social's survey experiments conducted on public and elite samples in 🇬🇧 & 🇩🇪. Just published in JCR: doi.org/10.1177/0022...

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Peace Research Center Prague @prcp.cuni.cz · 31/03/2026

☢️ 1/3 What makes a weapon too horrific to use? Our researcher @laurensukin.bsky.social & her colleagues David Allison & @herzogsm.bsky.social fielded a survey experiment on a U.S. sample, investigating public support for use of different weapon types. Open access: academic.oup.com/jpr/advance-...

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Peace Research Center Prague @prcp.cuni.cz · 30/03/2026

🗣️ „Íránci si nenechají od nikoho diktovat, kdy mají povstat a čím mají současný systém nahradit,“ říká náš výzkumník Jakub Koláček v rozhovoru pro @dennikn.bsky.social. Z historických zkušeností vidíme, že tlak na režim většinou zemi spíše semkne, než rozvrátí. denikn.cz/2012315/iran...

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Íránista Jakub Koláček: Po bombardování režimy nepadají, změnu v Íránu musejí udělat lidé zdola

Svět s napětím sleduje vojenskou eskalaci mezi USA, Izraelem a Íránem. Historické zkušenosti ukazují, že vnější tlak režimy často spíš semkne, než rozvrátí. „Íránci si nenechají od nikoho diktovat, kd...

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Peace Research Center Prague @prcp.cuni.cz · 26/03/2026

🔵🗣️ Ve stínu války v Íránu možná zapomínáme na dění v Gaze a Západním břehu Jordánu. Co se děje na palestinckých územích? O osadnickém násilí na Západním břehu a humanitární situaci v Gaze mluvil náš výzkumník Jakub Záhora v #PULS @voxpot.bsky.social. puls.voxpot.cz/episodes/pro...

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PULS | Proč osadníci stupňují násilí na Západním břehu?

Mezi vývojem americko-izraelské války proti Íránu se zprávy z Pásma Gazy a Západního břehu Jordánu ztrácejí. V Pulsu proto výzkumník Jakub Záhora vysvětluje, co se teď děje na palestinských územích...

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Peace Research Center Prague @prcp.cuni.cz · 25/03/2026

🔵 Our chronology of nuclear signaling between Russia and NATO during the war in Ukraine now has an online interactive dashboard! It allows tracking and analyzing nuclear escalation dynamics during the conflict (fall 2021-January 2025): swp-berlin.org/en/publicati... @liviuhorovitz.bsky.social

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Peace Research Center Prague @prcp.cuni.cz · 16/03/2026

🔵 We have reached the capacity of our Annual Conference venue and registrations have therefore been closed. Thank you to everyone who registered for your interest! We look forward to welcoming you at the event on Thursday March 19 in Kampus Hybernská.

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Peace Research Center Prague @prcp.cuni.cz · 14/03/2026

🔵 Our Annual Conference will address current pressing security issues: technological rivalry and foreign interference. How does dual-use nature of innovation impact conflict and proliferation trends? What are the newest findings in how states respond to foreign interference?

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Peace Research Center Prague @prcp.cuni.cz · 18/02/2026

Does the public across the world support the use of autonomous weapons in the same way? 🦾 We conducted a pre-registered survey experiment in 🇺🇸🇧🇷🇩🇪🇨🇳, exposing participants to varying risk of misidentifying the target & different types of targets (terrorist vs. aggressive state). @ims.fsv.cuni.cz

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Peace Research Center Prague @prcp.cuni.cz · 14/02/2026

Opportunity alert for young aspiring peace researchers! 🔵 The COST Peace Research Community Europe has opened a call for applicants to their 5-day Summer School in Coimbra, Portugal. The application deadline is fast approaching: February 22. More details: peaceresearchnetwork.eu/join

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Peace Research Center Prague @prcp.cuni.cz · 13/02/2026

Registrations are open for the PRCP Annual Conference 2026! This year, we will focus on the unraveling international order, exploring the breakdown of international law, dual-use technological competition and foreign interference. 🗓️ 19/03, Kampus Hybernská 🔗 Register: forms.gle/AWponkp8rrAS...

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Peace Research Center Prague @prcp.cuni.cz · 26/01/2026

Do states' grand strategies persist after traumatic geopolitical events? @zuzanalizcova.bsky.social & Rob Geist Pinfold in @ejisbisa.bsky.social compare Israel after Oct 7 and Czechia after Russia's 2022 invasion, showing that the scale of change reflected the severity of perceived shock and threat.

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Peace Research Center Prague @prcp.cuni.cz · 05/02/2026

@smetanamichal.bsky.social and @liviuhorovitz.bsky.social introduced our chronology of nuclear signaling between Russia and NATO during the war in Ukraine in a recent episode of Ukraine: The Latest @telegraph.co.uk! 🎧 Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/2Ycr... @ims.fsv.cuni.cz

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Putin waits until Kyiv hits -20C before knocking out power with missiles & FIFA president calls for lifting Russia sports ban

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Peace Research Center Prague @prcp.cuni.cz · 02/02/2026

💥 Do nuclear deterrence and disarmament always go against each other? Drawing on surveys from 24 countries (N=27 250), @laurensukin.bsky.social and her colleagues show publics across Global North and South often support both. @pspolisci.bsky.social 🔓 Open access: cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Peace Research Center Prague @prcp.cuni.cz · 23/01/2026

2025 was a challenging but rewarding year for the PRCP team and we're happy to summarize it in our annual review: prcprague.cz/news/annual-... Some highlights: 🔵 25+ peer-reviewed articles 🔵 New international projects (incl. @erc.europa.eu & @horizoneu.bsky.social) 🔵 1,300+ media appearances

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Peace Research Center Prague - Charles University Center of Excellence

At the PRCP, 2025 will likely be remembered as a year that was busy, challenging, but also rewarding in many different ways. Having published more than 25 peer-reviewed articles in prestigious journ...

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Peace Research Center Prague @prcp.cuni.cz · 20/01/2026

🔴 Just one more week until we introduce our study mapping nuclear rhetoric between Russia and NATO during the first 3 years of the war in Ukraine. Don't forget to register! forms.gle/7Y7CE1Um3FBE... 🗓️ Tuesday Jan 27 19:00 📍 Kavárna Na Boršově 🔗 Full study: www.prcprague.cz/news/2025/12...

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Peace Research Center Prague @prcp.cuni.cz · 19/01/2026

Our director @smetanamichal.bsky.social won the #NeuronPrize for Promising Scientists in the Social Sciences field. 👏 The jury praised his innovative approach to combining IR, security studies & political psychology with advanced experimental methods. Our warmest congratulations, Michal!

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Peace Research Center Prague @prcp.cuni.cz · 18/01/2026

Water as a weapon? 🌊 Our researcher Eliška Pohnerová's new article examines how water is weaponized in war, and how the U.S. advocates against it. She finds that water norms work more as humanitarian crisis prevention than as stigmatization. 👉 Full article: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Michal Onderco @profonderco.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Today Europe’s Nuclear Umbrella is officially out. The book examines how nuclear sharing is contested across Europe, and why governments stick with these policies even when they’re deeply unpopular. www.cambridge.org/nl/universit...

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Europe's Nuclear Umbrella | Cambridge University Press & Assessment

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Peace Research Center Prague @prcp.cuni.cz · 14/01/2026

Congratulations to our @profonderco.bsky.social for his new book "Europe's Nuclear Umbrella"! 📚 It examines the collapse of arms control treaties and how European policymakers navigated between deterrence pressures and calls for nuclear abolition. Available now: cambridge.org/nl/universit...

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Europe's Nuclear Umbrella | Cambridge University Press & Assessment

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Peace Research Center Prague @prcp.cuni.cz · 12/01/2026

What nuclear signaling did Russia vs. NATO use during the first 3 years of Ukraine war? We systematically tracked these statements in our recent study with @swp-intsecurity.bsky.social. Join us for our event on Jan 27 for a study presentation and a discussion with authors! More info below 👇

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Peace Research Center Prague @prcp.cuni.cz · 08/01/2026

📣 Postdoc Job Alert! Our colleagues at the @ff.unikarlova.cuni.cz are looking for a part-time postdoctoral researcher (or a PhD student finishing their studies) to join their project on visions of political change in the MENA region. Deadline is on Jan 30. More info: kbv.ff.cuni.cz/en/call-for-...

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Call for Applications: Postdoctoral Researcher Position in the project Envisioning (Im)possible Futures in the Middle East | Department of Middle Eastern Studies

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Peace Research Center Prague @prcp.cuni.cz · 06/01/2026

Our article "Atomic Responsiveness" by @smetanamichal.bsky.social @laurensukin.bsky.social @herzogsm.bsky.social & @mvranka.bsky.social recently sparked a scholarly discussion with @florianeblenkamp.bsky.social. We've just published a series of Policy Briefs that documents this exchange 👇

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Michal Smetana @smetanamichal.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

🚨Publication alert🚨 15 months, 553 pages, 10 researchers, 2 institutions. Happy to share the results of our @prcp.cuni.cz & @swp-berlin.org joint research project, which investigated nuclear signaling during the Russo-Ukrainian war. (1/2) @liviuhorovitz.bsky.social @swp-europe.bsky.social

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Michal Smetana @smetanamichal.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

1/ Our project "Microfoundations of Collective Defense" [MICROCODE] funded by the @erc.europa.eu now has a website: www.erc-microcode.eu We have spent the year collecting the data and now plan to write up (and publish) our results throughout 2026. @fsv.charlesuni.cuni.cz @ims.fsv.cuni.cz

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ERC Project Microcode

Microfoundations of Collective Defence (MICROCODE) is a groundbreaking research project funded by the European Research Council. It uncovers how public opinion drives the stability of military allianc...

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Michal Smetana @smetanamichal.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

1/5 In 2019, the former U.S. NSC expert on Russia under Trump 1.0 testified that the Kremlin wanted a "strange swap arrangement between Venezuela and Ukraine" under the logic of a new Monroe Doctrine. Some 6 years later, under Trump 2.0, Putin can be happy to see a [...]

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Peace Research Center Prague @prcp.cuni.cz · 03/01/2026

Looking back at 2025, the Middle East may appear "stabilized" from the West. But Iran’s weakening after the 12-Day War risks the country being ignored. In our new policy brief, @kolacekj.bsky.social warns this could lead to another costlier war and argues for a diplomatic opening instead

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Peace Research Center Prague @prcp.cuni.cz · 22/12/2025

Making a must-read list for 2026? Don't forget to include this new book. 📚 The contributors evaluate circumstances under which well-intentioned nuclear policies make problems worse, not better. Published by @mitpress.bsky.social and includes a contribution by our fellow @laurensukin.bsky.social.

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Peace Research Center Prague @prcp.cuni.cz · 15/12/2025

📄 Just published: Our latest study with @swp-intsecurity.bsky.social #STAND provides a comprehensive chronology of nuclear signaling in the Ukraine war. We found that Russia amplified perceptions of nuclear escalation, while NATO focused primarily on deterring nuclear use. Read more 👇

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Peace Research Center Prague @prcp.cuni.cz · 08/12/2025

How will the new ANO-led government shape Czech participation in a Coalition of the Willing? 🇺🇦 Vojtěch Bahenský's policy brief for @nupinytt.bsky.social emphasizes: 1⃣ There will likely be a shift to low-profile support 2⃣ Any military deployment would be support-focused & far from the frontlines

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Peace Research Center Prague @prcp.cuni.cz · 02/12/2025

Třetí edice TO JE KRIZE je tady! 🎄 Ve čtvrtek 18. 12. od 18:30 se na vás těšíme ve Studiu Hrdinů. Čekají nás již tradiční debaty, ale tentokrát také neformální vánoční program. Akce je jako vždy zdarma, ale registrace je tentokrát nutná: forms.gle/HhRQZa2TxuHu... Těšíme se. 💫 @voxpot.bsky.social

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Peace Research Center Prague @prcp.cuni.cz · 19/11/2025

What if Russia wins? Prof. Carlo Masala addressed this question in his recent lecture as he presented his book "If Russia Wins", showing how a 2028 Russian attack on Estonia could expose Europe’s political paralysis and weak defence. A stark reminder of what’s at stake. @ims.fsv.cuni.cz

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Peace Research Center Prague @prcp.cuni.cz · 12/11/2025

Does public opinion shape elite preferences for nuclear weapon use? 🚀 Our new article in @ejisbisa.bsky.social provides the first experimental evidence that political elites are at least partially influenced by public sentiment when considering high-level decisions on nuclear weapon use.

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Peace Research Center Prague @prcp.cuni.cz · 11/11/2025

📉 Do kdy ještě může Putin financovat válku na Ukrajině? Schodky státního rozpočtu se propadají, americké sankce snižují příjmy z ropy a plynu a propouštění zaměstnanců snižuje zisk z daně z příjmu. Situaci popsal náš výzkumník Karel Svoboda pro server info.cz. 👇 www.info.cz/zpravodajstv...

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Plné sklady zbraní, prázdná státní kasa: Dochází Putinovi dech, nebo je to jen zbožné zdání?

ANALÝZA KARLA SVOBODY | Válečné výdaje ženou ruský rozpočet stále více do červených čísel. Kreml proto reaguje zvyšováním daní a poplatků, které stále citelněji dopadají na firmy i běžné Rusy. Zásadní...

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Peace Research Center Prague @prcp.cuni.cz · 27/10/2025

We are excited to welcome new researchers to the PRCP! 🥳 Read more about their background and research focus below. 👇

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Foreign Policy @foreignpolicy.com · 21/10/2025

As the United States faces simultaneous challenges from Russia, China, Iran, North Korea, and others, it cannot afford to equate credibility with maximalist shows of force.

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Reliable Not Reckless

Why Washington’s measured support for Ukraine reassured the world.

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Peace Research Center Prague @prcp.cuni.cz · 27/10/2025

🇺🇸🇺🇦 Experts believed Biden's careful strategy towards UA (sanctions instead of attempts of military resolve) would hurt U.S. credibility. A new 24-country public opinion survey from @laurensukin.bsky.social et al. however finds the opposite: the calculated strategy raised U.S. credibility.

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