Posudek oponenta diplomové práce
Studijní program:Mezinárodní ekonomické vztahy Studijní obor:International and Diplomatic Studies Akademický rok:2020/2021
Název práce:Foreign Policy of Georgia as a Small State and Its Strategies Řešitel:Iuri Minadze
Vedoucí práce:Ing. Jan Martin Rolenc, Ph.D.
Oponent:Ing. Mgr. Pavel Přikryl, Ph.D.
Hlediska Stupeň
hodnocení
1. Stupeň splnění cíle práce 2
2. Logická stavba práce 3
3. Práce s literaturou, citace 2
4. Adekvátnost použitých metod 2
5. Hloubka analýzy ve vztahu k tématu 3
6. Vlastní přístup k řešení 2
7. Formální úprava práce 3
8. Jazyková a stylistická úprava práce 3
Konkrétní připomínky a dotazy k práci:
The submitted Master Thesis analyses the current foreign policy strategies of Georgia as a typical
example of a small state. The introduction of the thesis is very nicely elaborated: the goal and the research question are clearly stated, the proposed structure is logical, the theoretical part corresponds very well with the empirical one, the author identified the current state of the art through the literature review, which I especially appreciate as many students frequently forget to include it. Moreover, from the literature review, it is evident that the author draws on relevant resources of high quality as he analyses mainly the academic literature of leading experts on small states.
Unfortunately, the final outcome is less satisfying. The main drawback of the thesis is its language and stylistics as there is hardly any page with no grammatical/spelling/stylistic mistake, which sometimes makes the thesis difficult to read. The thesis would benefit considerably from proofreading. Also, the author makes frequently mistakes in referencing to resources, which could have been avoided as well.
The structure of the thesis is very nicely outlined in the introduction, unfortunately, the structure of the text itself is less satisfying – repetition of information; several parts of the text (e.g. Chapter 1, paragraph 2 – page no. 13; Chapter 1, paragraph 5 – page no. 14) should have been included in the
introduction/operationalisation (as the author explains his intentions), or in the empirical part (as the author applies the theoretical aspects on the case of Georgia at the same time).
Despite several shortcomings, the author met all necessary requirements and I do recommend the thesis for defence with the final evaluation as “good”, in case of excellent performance during the defence “very good”.
Questions: 1. The author claims that international organisations are very important for small states (page no. 13). Could you evaluate the performance of Georgia in international organisations? 2. The author claims that “the overall relationship with China is unclear yet” (page no. 66). Could you specify why?
Závěr: Diplomovou práci doporučuji k obhajobě.
Navrhovaná výsledná klasifikace práce: 3
Datum: 6. 1. 2021 Ing. Mgr. Pavel Přikryl, Ph.D.
oponent práce
