Doc. Mgr. Tomáš Weiss, M.A., Ph.D.

Tomáš Weiss, Head of Department of European Studies and associate professor, researches and lectures on EU’s foreign affairs and security policy. Having studied European Studies in Prague and in Hamburg, he obtained his Ph.D. in Area Studies at Charles University in 2011. He has published on various aspects of European foreign and security policy, in particular the institutional setup, member states' interest promotion (book with Routledge 2017), transatlantic relations, and the policy towards the European neighbourhood (Perspectives, 2011; book chapter with Routledge). He has also published on the new security environment and the challenges to the military and police forces (Cooperation and Conflict, 2011; Armed Forces & Society, 2012; monograph with Charles University Press, 2014). Tomáš Weiss managed Charles University’s involvement in the FP7 projects MERCURY and TRANSWORLD. He has been principle investigator in several research projects funded by the Czech Science Foundation and by the Technological Agency of the Czech Republic.
 

Publications

• Weiss, Tomáš, 2017, Promoting National Priorities in EU Foreign Policy. The Czech Republic's Foreign Policy in the EU. London: Routledge.
• Weiss, Tomáš, 2016, Do we need an EU army? Which way for the European security and defence cooperation. Bučovice: Martin Stříž Publishing.
• Weiss, Tomáš – Kořan, Michal – Beneš, Vít, 2016, Hledání českého místa ve světě na stránkách Mezinárodních vztahů [Seeking the Czech Republic's Place in the World on the Pages of the Journal Mezinárodní Vztahy]. Mezinárodní vztahy 51(1): 83-101.
• Weiss, Tomáš, 2016, Too Limited, Too Late: Evaluating the Czech Republic's Performance as a Small-State Lobbyist in EU External Policy.  New Perspectives [online] 24(1): 53-78.
• Ouellette, Megan E. – Weiss, Tomáš, 2015, "This Marvelous Symbol of Our Identity": The Czech Republic in American Practical Geopolitics. Geopolitics 20 (2): 267-286.
• Weiss, Tomáš, 2014, Evropská unie a měnící se bezpečnostní prostředí [European Union and the Changing Security Environment].  Acta Universitatis Carolinae: Iuridica 60(1): 81-90.
• Weiss, Tomáš, 2014, Role policie a armády v Evropské unii. Analýza evropské a národní úrovně s využitím případové studie České republiky [Role of police and military in the European Union. An analysis of the European and national levels on the Czech case]. Prague: Karolinum - Charles University Press.
• Weiss, Tomáš, 2013, Europeizace a zahraniční politika: prostor pro další výzkum [Europeanization and Foreign Policy: Potential for Further Research]. Central European Political Studies Review 15(4): 268-283, doi: 10.5817/CEPSR.2013.4.268.
• Karlas, Jan – Weiss, Tomáš – Šlosarčík, Ivo – Dostál, Vít, 2013, Systémová koordinace evropských záležitostí: Středně velké státy a SZBP [Systemic Coordination of European Affairs: Middle-sized Member States and the CFSP]. Mezinárodní vztahy 48(4): 5-25.
• Weiss, Tomáš, 2013, EU Adjustment to New and Evolving Trends of International Security. Transworld Working Papers 27/2013, s. 1-38, available at http://www.transworld-fp7.eu/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/TW_WP_27.pdf.
• Weiss, Tomáš, 2013, Visegrád, the United States and the Future of European Security Cooperation. Central Europe Digest 10 September 2013, p. 12-14.
• Weiss, Tomáš – Mikhelidze, Nona – Šlosarčík, Ivo, 2013, Multilateralism as Envisaged? Assessing European Union's Engagement in Conflict Resolution in the Neighbourhood. In: C.Bouchard – J. Peterson – N.Tocci (eds), Multilateralism in the 21st Century. Europe's Quest for Effectiveness. London and New York: Routledge, pp. 157-177.
• Weiss, Tomáš, 2013, Visegrád Battlegroup: Foreign Policy Objective by Military Means. Euro-Atlantic Quarterly 8(2): 29.
• Weiss, Tomáš, 2013, Vysoký představitel a Evropská služba pro vnější činnost [The High Representative and the European External Action Service]. In: Šlosarčík, Ivo – Kasáková, Zuzana et al., Instituce Evropské unie a Lisabonská smlouva. Praha: Grada, pp. 173-212.
• Weiss, Tomáš, 2013, Fighting Wars or Controlling Crowds? The Case of the Czech Military Forces and the Possible of Police and Military Functions. Armed Forces & Society 39(3): 450-466, doi: 10.1177/0095327X12457724.
• Kozák, Kryštof – Weiss, Tomáš – Schulzová, Helena et al., 2012, Dopady krize v euroatlantickém prostoru [Impacts of the Crisis in the Transatlantic Area]. Praha: Dokořán.
• Weiss, Tomáš, 2012, Visegrád Battlegroup: A Flagship That Should Not Substitute For Real Defence Cooperation. Visegrád Revue, 4 June 2012, available at http://visegradrevue.eu/?p=806.
• Weiss, Tomáš, 2012, Evropská služba pro vnější činnost a legitimita zahraniční politiky Evropské unie [The European External Action Service and the Legitimacy of the European Union’s Foreign Policy]. Mezinárodní vztahy 47(1):5-21.
• Najšlová, Lucia – Weiss, Tomáš, 2012, EU and Turkey: The Role of Cyprus Presidency. In: O. Ditrych (ed.), World Politics: Scenarios 2012-2013. Prague: Institute of International Relations, pp. 20-22.
• Weiss, Tomáš, 2011, Projecting the Re-Discovered: Czech Policy Towards Eastern Europe. Perspectives: Review of International Affairs 19(2):27-44.
• Weiss, Tomáš, 2011, The Unclear Border between Internal and External Security in the European Union: Impact of the Lisbon Treaty. Politologický časopis 18(3):215-229.
• Weiss, Tomáš, 2011, The Blurring Border Between Police and Military: A Debate without Foundations. Cooperation and Conflict 46(3):396-405, doi: 10.1177/0010836711416961.
• Weiss, Tomáš, 2011, The Double Challenge of the EU Security and Defence Policy. In: E. Fabry (eds.), Think Global – Act European. Paris: Notre Europe, pp. 301-305.
• Šlosarčík, Ivo – Kasáková, Zuzana – Váška, Jan – Weiss, Tomáš, 2011, Fragmentation and Coexistence of Leitbilder in the Czech Republic. In: G.-S. Brincker – M. Jopp – L.A. Rovná (eds.), Leitbilder for the Future of the European Union. Baden- Baden: Nomos, pp. 74-119.
• Weiss, Tomáš – Řiháčková, Věra, 2010, Promoting Multilateralism? Conceptualizing Multilateralism in the Czech Foreign Policy. Perspectives: Review of International Affairs 18(1):5-21.
• Biscop, Sven – Weiss, Tomáš, 2010, A Realistic Ambition: Setting Priorities for CSDP. In: E. Fabry – G. Ricard-Nihoul (eds.), Think Global, Act European. Paris: Notre Europe, pp. 164-168.
• Weiss, Tomáš, 2009, Driving Forces of Change and Reform: Conditionality and its Inherent Limits. In: K. Brockmann – D. Bosold (eds.), Democratization and Security in Central and Eastern Europe and the Post-Soviet States. Berlin: DGAP, pp. 19-21.
• Weiss, Tomáš, 2009, The Czech EU Council Presidency: A Productive Mess?. CFSP Forum 7(4):1-7.
• Král, David – Řiháčková, Věra – Weiss, Tomáš, 2008, Views on American Foreign Policy. The Atlanticism of Political Parties in Central and Eastern Europe. Praha: EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy.
• Weiss, Tomáš, 2008, European Security and Defence Policy – Still an Issue!. In: E. Fabry – G. Ricard-Nihoul (eds.), Think Global, Act European. Paris: Notre Europe a Fondation pour l’innovation politique, pp. 284-289.

Grants

• since 2017 Pod tlakem internacionalizace a sekuritizace: Proměny bezpečnostní politiky evropských států [Facing the Pressures of Internationalization and Securitization: Changing Security Policies of European States] (Czech Science Foundation, principle investigator)
• since 2016 Prosazování českého zájmu v evropských politikách [Promoting Czech interest in EU policies] (Technological Agency of the Czech Republic and MFA CR; principle investigator)
• 2013-2016 Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence – Researching and Teaching European Studies in Central and Eastern Europe (European Commission; team member)
• since 2012 TRANSWORLD - Redefining the transatlantic relationship and its role in shaping global governance (European Commission, FP7; team leader)
• 2013-2014 Možnosti České republiky v rozhodovacích procesech v Evropském parlamentu [Czech Republic’s entry points in the European Parliament’s decision-making] (Technological Agency of the Czech Republic and MFA CR; team member)
• 2012-2014 Česká zahraniční politika v Evropské unii [Czech Foreign Policy in the European Union] (Czech Science Foundation; only researcher)
• 2012-2013 Racionalizace sítě zastupitelských úřadů [Rationalisation of the embassy network] (Technological Agency of the Czech Republic and MFA CR; lead researcher)
• 2012 Visegrad Priorities and Coordination during the Cyprus EU Council Presidency (International Visegrad Fund; team member)
• 2011-2012 Možnosti a limity působení národních diplomacií po ratifikaci Lisabonské smlouvy ve spolupráci s ESVA a předsednictvím EU [Possibilities and limits of national diplomacies in cooperation with EEAS and EU Presidency after the ratification of the Lisbon Treaty] (MFA CR; team member)
• 2011 Zapojení ČR do evropské bezpečnostní politiky [Participation of the Czech Republic on European security policy] (MFA CR; team member)
• 2009-2012 MERCURY - Multilateralism and the European Union in the contemporary global order (European Commission, FP7; team leader)
• 2009-2010 EUPOLIS - European Polity post Lisbon (European Commission, Jean Monnet; team member)
• 2007-2008 TTSRL - Transnational Terrorism, Security & the Rule of Law (European Commission, FP6; team member)
• 2006 Vliv práva Evropské unie na mezinárodní závazky České republiky v oblasti trestního práva [Impact of EU law on international commitments of the Czech Republic in the area of penal law] (MFA CR; team member)
• 2005-2009 EU-CONSENT - Wider Europe, Deeper Integration? (European Commission, FP6; team member)
• 2005-2008 EULEIT - Key Concepts for the European Union after Enlargement: Fragmentation, Continuity or Reinvention? (Volkswagen Stiftung; team member)

Lecturing

• Czech Republic in the European Union - actors and interests
• Current Issues of European Integration
• European Union in International Affairs
• Internal and external security policy of the European Union
• Security Issues Today
• Security implications of the EU-USA relations
• Theory and Practice of Academic Work
• Transatlantic Security Cooperation