Europe on the Homestretch

English Pages, 21. 11. 1997

What is durable and indestructible for Europe and in Europe is a search for freedom, safety and prosperity.

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Notes for the Speech at the Center for European and Russian Studies at UCLA

English Pages, 14. 11. 1997

It is a great pleasure and honor to be at this prestigious Center, which has been for decades connected with several leading experts in the field of the so called „sovietology“. I will try to use this opportunity for making a few comments about our way of looking at both the past and the present times.

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The Czech Republic, NATO and European Union Enlargement

English Pages, 14. 11. 1997

It is a pleasure and honor to be here and to have the opportunity to tell you about how I see my country, NATO and European Union. The Czech Republic has been in the past eight years undergoing the most rapid political, social and economic transformation and despite all existing and inevitable problems and difficulties has achieved the position where we can - with sufficient confidence - apply for membership both in the European Union and NATO.

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Systemic Transformation and Its Costs

English Pages, 13. 11. 1997

Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen, Distinguished guests,

I am extremely pleased and really honored by being awarded the Honorary Doctorate Degree at your University. I am aware of the distinguished list of predecessors who have achieved this recognition and I thank you for including me in this group.

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Political Life with Academic Mentality

English Pages, 13. 11. 1997

I have in my hands at least three explicit invitations to make a speech at Stanford - one from Anne Krueger, one from Michael Boskin and one from Kurt Leube. In my interpretation, the first one is about the experiences of a politician with academic background, the second is about economic and economic policy issues in a transforming country and the third about free society and its enemies.

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The Czech Republic, NATO and European Union Enlargement

English Pages, 10. 11. 1997

It is a pleasure and honor to be here and to have the opportunity to tell you about how I see my country, NATO and European Union.

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Central and Eastern Europe towards the EU and NATO: The Czech Example

English Pages, 23. 9. 1997

The Czech Republic has been undergoing the most rapid political, social and economic transformation and has achieved the position where we can - with sufficient confidence - apply for a membership in the European Union and NATO.

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Churchill and NATO Enlargement to the East

English Pages, 18. 9. 1997

Fifty one years ago, one year after the war, at the moment of growing tensions between free societies and the dangerous Soviet communist imperium, this city and this university prepared a perfect opportunity for an unforgettable speech which was given by one of the most prophetic European politicians of that time, by Sir Winston Churchill.

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Promoting Financial Stability in the Transition Economies of Central and Eastern Europe

English Pages, 29. 8. 1997

It is a great pleasure to be here after seven years, to have the chance to meet old friends and to report both about non-negligible and undeniable positive results which have been achieved in the transition economies of Central and Eastern Europe between my two visits to Jackson Hole, and about not less undeniable problems connected with such a unique historical manouvre.

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Notes for the NATO WORKSHOP

English Pages, 23. 6. 1997

1. We appreciate that the NATO Workshop - with participation of so many important personalities from so many countries - is taking place in Prague and is taking place just before the historic Madrid Summit.

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