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120 high school students attended a three-part series of lectures at IC NATO on the functioning of the North Atlantic Alliance and ensuring the defense of the Czech Republic. The lectures also covered the role of the defense industry and the situation in Ukraine during the Russian invasion. The event takes place as part of the cycle Our Security Cannot Be Taken for Granted and with the support of the PPF Foundation.…

An important part of diplomacy takes place not in negotiations, but in the corridors. As a traditional informal meeting of Model NATO  and UN participants, the Atrium Party simulates just such an informal meeting, again this year with more than a dozen professionals from the fields of international relations, defense, security and technology.…

For the German officers who visited the Czech Republic as part of the study tour of the Führungsakademie der Bundeswehr, we at the IC NATO in Prague, in cooperation with the German Embassy in the Czech Republic, prepared a debate on the Czech and German view of the security situation in the world and on the activities of Jagello 2000, where the main guest was Zbyněk Pavlačík, chairman of Jagello 2000.…

For a group of students from the High School for EU Administration, we prepared an introduction to the issues of the North Atlantic Alliance and the Czech Republic’s membership. Topics also included the war in Ukraine and the way allied countries are reacting to it.…

Defense and security are an integral part of the agenda of the president of the Czech Republic, who, according to the constitution, represents the republic externally and is the commander-in-chief of the armed forces. Jagello 2000 – IC NATO therefore, even before the current presidential elections, in cooperation with iDNES.cz…

A round table on the preparation of the new Defense Strategy of the Czech Republic, organized by Jagello 2000 – IC NATO in cooperation with the Ministry of Defense of the Czech Republic. The purpose of the event was to provide a platform for a closed debate of a small group of experts from relevant state and non-state institutions on how to adapt this document to current developments.…

How the Czech Republic was preparing for NATO membership and what it meant for the country that used to be in the Soviet sphere of influence. These were the main topics of the lecture for Danish journalists who visited Prague as part of a course on possible membership of Ukraine and Georgia in the North Atlantic Alliance. They were 12 representatives of the leading Danish media (DR television, Berlingske newspaper, BT, Ekstra Bladet, etc.),…

A meeting with the public was held with the pilots of the giant C-5M Super Galaxy transport aircraft of the US Air Force at the American Center in Ostrava in the Ostrava City Library. The debate took place as part of the accompanying programs of the NATO Days in Ostrava, whose weekend parade at Leoš Janáček Airport the aircraft participated in.…

The chairman of Jagello 2000, Zbyněk Pavlačík, will discuss public diplomacy in the field of defense and security in the Czech Republic with instructors of the German special forces. The discussion will take place as part of a several-day educational trip of members of the Bundeswehr to Prague.…

On the topic of the Russian invasion of Ukraine from the point of view of Japan, the former Ambassador of Japan to the United Nations Professor Tsuneo Nishida from the Kyoto Peacebuilding Center, Kyoto University of the Arts spoke at an informal discussion at IC NATO. The event was organized by Jagello 2000 – IC NATO in cooperation with the Embassy of Japan in Prague.…

Already the eighth year of the informal debate of students participating in the NATO Model (organized by the Association for International Affairs) with security experts is organized by Jagello 2000 – NATO IC on the premises of the CEVRO Institute. Representatives of NÚKIB, the Ministries of Defense and Ministries of Foreign Affairs, the Czech Army, and other institutions accepted the invitation to talk informally over small refreshment with the young generation.…

The ninth year of the national conference Our Security Cannot Be Taken for Granted took place on the occasion of the anniversary of the Czech Republic’s membership in NATO and at the same time after a hundred days of the new Czech government. The key issue was the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Prime Minister Petr Fiala and Ukrainian Ambassador to the Czech Republic Yevhen Perebyjnis spoke at the event.…