Peace Research Center Prague
@prcp.cuni.cz
Interdisciplinary research Center of Excellence based at Charles University. We study international conflict, peace and security.
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.
January 26, 2026 at 10:02 AM
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.
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
Some highlights:
🔵 25+ peer-reviewed articles
🔵 New international projects (incl. @erc.europa.eu & @horizoneu.bsky.social)
🔵 1,300+ media appearances
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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January 23, 2026 at 11:21 AM
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
Some highlights:
🔵 25+ peer-reviewed articles
🔵 New international projects (incl. @erc.europa.eu & @horizoneu.bsky.social)
🔵 1,300+ media appearances
🔴 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...
🗓️ Tuesday Jan 27 19:00
📍 Kavárna Na Boršově
🔗 Full study: www.prcprague.cz/news/2025/12...
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 👇
January 20, 2026 at 7:56 AM
🔴 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...
🗓️ Tuesday Jan 27 19:00
📍 Kavárna Na Boršově
🔗 Full study: www.prcprague.cz/news/2025/12...
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!
January 19, 2026 at 9:49 AM
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!
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....
January 18, 2026 at 11:45 AM
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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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...
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...
Europe's Nuclear Umbrella | Cambridge University Press & Assessment
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January 8, 2026 at 12:35 PM
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...
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...
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...
Europe's Nuclear Umbrella | Cambridge University Press & Assessment
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January 14, 2026 at 7:36 AM
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...
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 👇
January 12, 2026 at 10:24 AM
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 👇
📣 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-...
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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January 8, 2026 at 1:20 PM
📣 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-...
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 👇
January 6, 2026 at 4:22 PM
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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🚨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
@liviuhorovitz.bsky.social @swp-europe.bsky.social
January 4, 2026 at 10:34 AM
🚨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
@liviuhorovitz.bsky.social @swp-europe.bsky.social
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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
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...
www.erc-microcode.eu
December 4, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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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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 [...]
January 3, 2026 at 7:23 PM
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 [...]
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
January 3, 2026 at 4:03 PM
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
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.
December 22, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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.
📄 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 👇
December 15, 2025 at 10:28 AM
📄 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 👇
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
1⃣ There will likely be a shift to low-profile support
2⃣ Any military deployment would be support-focused & far from the frontlines
December 8, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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
1⃣ There will likely be a shift to low-profile support
2⃣ Any military deployment would be support-focused & far from the frontlines
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
Těšíme se. 💫 @voxpot.bsky.social
December 2, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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
Těšíme se. 💫 @voxpot.bsky.social
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Už jsme ji zmiňovali — a stojí za to se k ní vrátit. Studie @prcp.cuni.cz, na níž se podílel i Marek Vranka z IKSŽ, potvrzuje, že veřejná podpora zvyšuje ochotu politiků schválit jaderný úder. 🚀💥
Přečtěte si více v článku 👇
@fsv.charlesuni.cuni.cz
Přečtěte si více v článku 👇
@fsv.charlesuni.cuni.cz
Ovlivňuje veřejné mínění postoje politických elit k použití jaderných zbraní? Podle nového výzkumu ano | IKSŽ - Institut komunikačních studií a žurnalistiky
Marek Vranka z IKSŽ FSV UK je spoluautorem nového článku publikovaného v European Journal of International Security, který ukázal, že podpora veřejnosti významně zvyšuje ochotu politiků a političek sc...
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November 21, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Už jsme ji zmiňovali — a stojí za to se k ní vrátit. Studie @prcp.cuni.cz, na níž se podílel i Marek Vranka z IKSŽ, potvrzuje, že veřejná podpora zvyšuje ochotu politiků schválit jaderný úder. 🚀💥
Přečtěte si více v článku 👇
@fsv.charlesuni.cuni.cz
Přečtěte si více v článku 👇
@fsv.charlesuni.cuni.cz
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
November 19, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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
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.
November 12, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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.
📉 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...
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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November 11, 2025 at 8:43 PM
📉 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...
We are excited to welcome new researchers to the PRCP! 🥳 Read more about their background and research focus below. 👇
October 27, 2025 at 10:15 AM
We are excited to welcome new researchers to the PRCP! 🥳 Read more about their background and research focus below. 👇
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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.
Reliable Not Reckless
Why Washington’s measured support for Ukraine reassured the world.
foreignpolicy.com
October 20, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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.
🇺🇸🇺🇦 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.
October 27, 2025 at 9:32 AM
🇺🇸🇺🇦 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.