Since 2016, the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC), one of the most prominent worldwide corporate social responsibility and sustainability initiatives, has been linked to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). However, despite the enormous scholarly interest in the UNGC since the very...

The Czech Republic belongs among those countries which only carry out sanctions which have been imposed by organisations. However, in compliance with adopted international norms, it contributes substantially to the sanctions’ success. At the same time, the question of joining multilateral...

The autonomous EU sanctions policy became visible at the beginning of the 21st century. Apart from sanctions adopted by the UN SC, the EU actively implements also autonomous measures. The paper focuses on the adoption of sanctions (introduction of restrictive measures), its legal framework,...

In the Czech Republic, compared to scholarly literature abroad, less attention has been paid to the imposition and impact of international multilateral sanctions. However, some areas of the decision-making process regarding sanctions and their subsequent implementation remain unexplored, both in...

The research on small states calls attention to the fact that these states are usually unable to push through their national interests and needs on the international scene although their number far outweighs the bigger countries. At the same time, it shows that small states can partially...

In the Czech Republic, compared to scholarly literature abroad, less attention has been paid to the imposition and impact of international multilateral sanctions. However, some areas of the decision-making process regarding sanctions and their subsequent implementation remain unexplored, both in...

Since 2016, the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC), one of the most prominent worldwide corporate social responsibility and sustainability initiatives, has been linked to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). However, despite the enormous scholarly interest in the UNGC since the very...

The foreign policy of a sovereign state is a complicated decision-making process. Both security and economic interests of the state as well as its long-term values (more likely values of a moral nature) must be taken into account here. The paper deals with the relation between economic and trade...