Geografie 2016, 121, 324-347

https://doi.org/10.37040/geografie2016121020324

Tragedy of small power politics: geostrategic perspectives of Czechia through the lenses of offensive neorealism

Jan Kofroň

Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Social Sciences, Institute of Political Studies, Department of Politology, Prague, Czechia

Received March 2015
Accepted December 2015

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