Economics-Focused Articles in the Journal Mezinárodní Vztahy as a Reflection of the Specifics of Czech Research

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On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the academic journalMezinárodní vztahy, the developments of International Relations as ascientific discipline in former Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic thattook place so far are subjected to critical reflection. In this context, thearticle analyzes research papers focused on international economicrelations that were published in the periods 1966–1969 and 1992–2015, i.e.,the key periods of the journal. It puts the papers into the context ofInternational Political Economy and highlights the differences between theoutcomes of the research in former Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic,and the international trends and standards for such research. At the sametime, the paper captures the initial coherence of the research with thepolitical needs of the state, at first the socialist Czechoslovakia and later theCzech Republic in transition, and its gradual overcoming of this coherence.It also examines the institutional framework for the research. Due to thediversity of the set of texts in focus, the analysis leans on simple generalcriteria – the prevailing perspectives used for the analysis of theinternational economic relations, correspondence with the main branchesof International Political Economy, qualitative vs. quantitative methodologyand the basic typology of institutions involved in international relationsresearch.