PhDr. Jan Hornát, Ph.D.
Jan Hornát is currently an Assistant Professor at the Department of North American Studies of the Institute of International Studies at Charles University in Prague. He holds a Master’s degree from Charles University in American studies and obtained his Ph.D. in International Area Studies in 2017. His Ph.D. thesis was focused on the comparison of the approaches of the EU and the US toward democracy promotion. Jan is also a Senior Fellow at the Institute of International Relations in Prague, an independent think-tank originally founded by the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Prior to joining the faculty at Charles University, Jan served as Head of Unit at the Department of European Programmes at the Ministry of Justice of the Czech Republic and as Project coordinator at the Forum 2000 Foundation. He is a member of the Prague Hub of the World Economic Forum’s Global Shapers community.
Publications
- Hornát, Jan - Kýrová, Lucie (eds.): Amerika na prvním místě: Historický a společenský
kontext prezidenství Donalda Trumpa, Praha: Karolinum, 2018.
- Hornát, Jan - Kindl, Lukáš: The Rise of China: Mutual Interactions with the US, Praha:
Karolinum, 2017.
- Fiřtová, Magdalena - Hornát, Jan - Sehnálková, Jana (eds.): Prezidenství Baracka Obamy: Naplněné vize?, Prague: Karolinum, 2017.
- Hornát, Jan: “Pod tlakem vnějších událostí: Obamova podpora demokracie ve třetích zemích”, in: Fiřtová, Magdalena - Hornát, Jan - Sehnálková, Jana (eds.): Prezidenství Baracka Obamy: Naplněné vize?, Prague: Karolinum, 2017.
- Hornát, Jan: “Uspořádání světa podle Donalda J. Trumpa”, Mezinárodní politika, January 27, 2017.
- Hornát, Jan: “Closing the Closing Space: Sustaining democracy promotion in European Foreign Policy”, Global Affairs 2 (3), 2016: 273-285.
- Hornát, Jan: “The Power Triangle in the Indian Ocean: China, India and the United States”, Cambridge Review of International Affairs 29 (2), 2016: 425-443.
- Hornát, Jan: “Democracy Promotion: Competing Perspectives with Grave Consequences”, in: Kozak, Krystof - Toth, Gyorgy (eds.): US as a Divided Nation: Past and Present, Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang Verlag, 2014.
- Hornát, Jan: “Čína a Vietnam: Napětí mezi komunistickými sousedy”, Mezinárodní politika (5), 2014.
- Hornát, Jan: “Úpadek USA jako tichomořské velmoci? Současný vývoj situace v Jihočínském moři”, in: Fiřtová, Magdalena - Kozák, Kryštof et al.: Spojené státy v úpadku?, Praha: Dokořán, 2013.
- Hornát, Jan: “Is Beijing a Responsible Stake holder? A Critical Assessment of China’s Role in the International System of the 21st century according to the United States”, Archiv Orientální 80 (3), 2012: 435-473.
Grants
- 2016 – ongoing: GAUK (Grant Agency of Charles University) – The EU and US approaches to democracy promotion: normative tenets and their implications for policy-formulation. Grant recipient.
Lecturing
- Introduction to Area Studies
- Major Issues in Contemporary Public Debates in the U.S.
- Maritime security: Geopolitics of the Indian and Pacific Oceans
- Promoting democracy abroad: the US and the EU in third countries
- The US and international and regional organizations
- The West and the Third World: From Colonialism to Development Support
- Transatlantic dialogues: Current issues in US-EU relations