Publication Records

BECHNÁ, Zinaida, Petra KUCHYŇKOVÁ and Jana URBANOVSKÁ. European Union as a conflict management actor in South Caucasus: Is the war in Ukraine the critical juncture for the EU´s future role? In UACES 53rd Annual Conference in Belfast. 2023.

BECHNÁ, Zinaida, Niklas SWANSTRÖM, Ian BOND and Teona GIUASHVILI. Georgia's Foreign Policy and Its Alignment with the EU CFSP. Georgian Institute of Politics, 2023. Expert Comment #24.

BECHNÁ, Zinaida. HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-ACCESS-02 CENTREPEACE. 2023.

BECHNÁ, Zinaida. Iranian Proxy Groups in Iraq, Syria, and Yemen: A Principal-Agent Comparative Analysis. Czech Journal of Political Science. MacDill: Joints Special Operations University Press, 2023. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.5817/PC20.

KŘÍŽ, Zdeněk, Zinaida BECHNÁ, Petra KUCHYŇKOVÁ, Jana URBANOVSKÁ and Adriana ILAVSKÁ. Analýza bezpečnostní situace v oblasti jižního Kavkazu a širší oblasti Černomoří, s ohledem na možnost formulace obecné strategie EU pro region jižního Kavkazu (Analysis of the Security Situation in the South Caucasus and the Wider Black Sea Region, with the View to the Possible Formulation of a General EU Strategy for the South Caucasus). Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2022, 59 pp.

KŘÍŽ, Zdeněk, Zinaida BECHNÁ, Martin JIRUŠEK, Tomáš VLČEK, Lucie COUFALOVÁ, Libor ŽÍDEK, Petra KUCHYŇKOVÁ and Adriana ILAVSKÁ. Problematika konfliktů na jižním Kavkaze a implikace pro českou zahraniční politiku : případ Náhorního Karabachu a arménsko-ázerbájdžánského konfliktu (Conflict issues in the South Caucasus and implications for Czech foreign policy : The Case of Nagorno-Karabakh and the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict). Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2022, 75 pp.

BECHNÁ, Zinaida, Jana URBANOVSKÁ, Lucie COUFALOVÁ, Libor ŽÍDEK, Martin JIRUŠEK, Tomáš VLČEK, Petra KUCHYŇKOVÁ and Adriana ILAVSKÁ. Současnost a budoucnost angažmá EU a dalších mezinárodních aktérů v rámci konfliktů na jižním Kavkaze, se zaměřením na Gruzii (The Current and Future Engagement of the EU and Other International Actors in the Conflicts in South Caucasus. The Case of Georgia). Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2022, 58 pp.

KUCHYŇKOVÁ, Petra, Zinaida BECHNÁ, Lucie COUFALOVÁ, Adriana ILAVSKÁ, Martin JIRUŠEK, Michal KOŘAN, Zdeněk KŘÍŽ, Jana URBANOVSKÁ, Tomáš VLČEK and Libor ŽÍDEK. Souhrnná výzkumná zpráva : Jižní Kavkaz v průsečíku zájmů (The summary research report : South Caucasus at the Intersection of Interests). Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2022, 143 pp.

KŘÍŽ, Zdeněk, Zinaida BECHNÁ, Vladimír BÍZIK, Kateřina FRIDRICHOVÁ, Martin CHOVANČÍK, Adriana ILAVSKÁ, Jana URBANOVSKÁ and Hana VOTRADOVCOVÁ. Metodika predikce, včasného varování a prevence hrozeb plynoucích z regionálních ozbrojených konfliktů pro vnitřní bezpečnost ČR (Methodology for the forecast, early warning, and prevention of threats to Czech internal security from regional armed conflicts). 2020.

BECHNÁ, Zinaida and Bradley THAYER. NATO´s New Role. The Alliance´s Response to a Rising China. Naval War College Review. USA, 2016, vol. 69, No 3, p. 65-81. ISSN 0028-1484.

SHEVCHUK, Zinaida. Russian Grand Strategy? Russia’s Promotion of Armed Conflicts in the South Caucasus. In SGEM. SGEM: Political Sciences Proceedings. Sofia: International Multidisciplinary Scientific Conference on Social Science and Arts, 2016, p. 501-506. ISBN 978-619-7105-51-3. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.5593/sgemsocial2016HB21.

SHEVCHUK, Zinaida. Russian hybrid warfare in Georgia and Ukraine. In ISA's 57th Annual Convention. 2016.

BECHNÁ, Zinaida. Stabilization and Resettlement in the Post-War South Ossetia. In SGEM. SGEM: Political Science and Law Proceedings. 1st ed. Sofia: International Multidisciplinary Scientific Conference on Social Science and Arts, 2016, p. 341-348. ISBN 978-619-7105-73-5. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.5593/sgemsocial2016B22.

SHEVCHUK, Zinaida. „The Grey Zones“ of Security: The case study South Ossetia. Online. In SGEM. SGEM: Political Sciences Proceedings. Sofia: International Multidisciplinary Scientific Conference on Social Science and Arts, 2016, p. 591-598. ISBN 978-619-7105-51-3. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.5593/sgemsocial2016HB21.

SHEVCHUK, Zinaida and Zdeněk KŘÍŽ. Democratization and Conflict Escalation in the Post-Communist Countries. 2015.

KŘÍŽ, Zdeněk, Zinaida SHEVCHUK and Peter ŠTEVKOV. Hybridní válka jako nový fenomén v bezpečnostním prostředí Evropy (Hybrid War as a new phenomenon in the European security environment). In Dny NATO v Ostravě 2015. 2015.

SHEVCHUK, Zinaida, Zdeněk KŘÍŽ, Jakub FUČÍK and Peter ŠTEVKOV. Kulatý stůl k fenoménu hybridní války (Workshop Hybrid War). 2015.

SHEVCHUK, Zinaida. Evolving Nature of Armed Conflict in South Ossetia: From “Frozen” to “Hot” and Back. Obrana a Strategie. 2014, vol. 14, No 1, p. 51-64. ISSN 1214-6463.

SHEVCHUK, Zinaida. Georgia the Next "Hot" Spot? Unfreezing Armed Conflict in Abkhazia. In nternational Multidisciplinary Scientific Conference on Social SCIENCES & ARTS. Sofia, Bulgaria: STEF92 Technology Ltd., 2014, p. 165-172. ISSN 2367-5659. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.5593/sgemsocial2014/B21/S4.023.

SHEVCHUK, Zinaida. Informal Diplomacy: Stabilization and Resettlement in the Post-War South Ossetia,” ISA Annual Convention, 26 – 29. březen 2014, Toronto, Canada;. ISA Annual Convention. Toronto, Canada., 2014.

SHEVCHUK, Zinaida. International Organizations Related to Security (OSCE, NATO, EU, UN) and Armed Conflicts in the South Caucasus. In Robert Ondrejcsák. Introduction to Security Studies. Bratislava: Centre for European and North Atlantic Affairs (CENAA), 2014, p. 63-84. Introduction to Security Studies. ISBN 978-80-971124-8-6.

SHEVCHUK, Zinaida. The Hybrid Nature of "Frozen" Conflicts in Abkhazia. In Peter Bátor and Róbert Ondrejcsák. Panorama of Global Security Environment 2014. Bratislava, Slovakia: CENAA, 2014, p. 169-181. Mimo edice. ISBN 978-80-971124-9-3.

SHEVCHUK, Zinaida. The Logic of Armed Conflicts in the South Caucasus. In nternational Multidisciplinary Scientific Conference on Social SCIENCES & ARTS. Sofia, Bulgaria: STEF92 Technology Ltd., 2014, p. 429-436. ISSN 2367-5659. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.5593/sgemsocial2014/B21/S4.057.

SHEVCHUK, Zinaida. Towards a typology of armed conflict. In Zdeněk Kříž, Jana Urbanovská. Examining Armed Conflict. Theoretical Reflections on Selected Aspects. 1. vyd. Brno: Muni press, 2014, p. 87-113. Examining Armed Conflict. Theoretical Reflections on Selected Aspects. ISBN 978-80-210-7035-6.

SHEVCHUK, Zinaida. The Evolving Nature of Armed Conflict in South Ossetia. San Francisco: ISA Annual Convention, 2013.

SHEVCHUK, Zinaida. Competing Theories of Ethnic Conflict. In The 4th ECPR Graduate Conference, Graduate School of Jacobs and the University of Bremen, Germany. 2012.

SHEVCHUK, Zinaida. Explaining Ethnic Conflict in the Caucasus. In 11th International Doctoral Seminar in Social Sciences. 2012.

SHEVCHUK, Zinaida. Towards a Typology of Conflict in Caucasus. In 4th Annual Texas Political Science Student Conference, 2012, Rice University, Houston, Texas, USA. 2012.

SHEVCHUK, Zinaida. Důsledky rusko-gruzínského ozbrojeného konfliktu pro jeho aktéry (Consequences of the Russian-Georgian armed conflict on the parties involved). In Bezpečnostní výzvy na prahu nové dekády. 1st ed. Praha: Metropolitní univerzita Praha, 2011, p. 142-154. ISBN 978-80-86855-70-7.

KŘÍŽ, Zdeněk and Zinaida SHEVCHUK. Georgian readiness for NATO membership after Russian-Georgian armed conflict. Communist and Post-Communist Studies. University of California.: ELSEVIER, 2011, vol. 4, No 1, p. 89-97. ISSN 0967-067X. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2011.01.003.

SHEVCHUK, Zinaida. Na hranicích Evropy: NATO a EU v regionu Jižního Kavkazu (On the border of Europe: NATO and EU in South Caucasus). In Role Evropské unie a Severoatlantické aliance při řešení mezinárodních ozbrojených konfliktů. 2011.

KŘÍŽ, Zdeněk and Zinaida SHEVCHUK. Role Evropské unie a Severoatlantické aliance při řešení mezinárodních ozbrojených konfliktů (NATO and EU Role in Conflict Resolution). 2011.

KŘÍŽ, Zdeněk and Zinaida SHEVCHUK. Georgia on the way to NATO after the Russian-Georgian armed conflict in 2008. Obrana a strategie. Brno: Univerzita obrany, 2009, vol. 2009, No 2, 20 pp. ISSN 1214-6463.