Tomáš Weiss

Head of Research

Tomáš Weiss is a senior researcher at Peace Research Center Prague.

He is also a Deputy Director for Research at the Institute of International Studies at Charles University and Jean Monnet Chair in EU International Relations and Diplomacy Studies.

Research focus

In his research, Tomáš focuses on the European Union foreign and security policy, particularly on the position of small states in the EU and the adjustment of national foreign and security policies due to EU membership.

selected Publications

Weiss, Tomáš and Edwards, Geoffrey (eds). (2022). Small States and Security in Europe. Between National and International Policymaking. London: Routledge.

Weiss, Tomáš. (2021). De-Europeanisation of Czech policy towards Eastern Partnership countries under populist leaders. Journal of European Integration, 43(5), 587–602, DOI: 10.1080/07036337.2021.1927008.

Weiss, Tomáš. (2019). A small state’s anticipation of institutional change: effects of the looming Brexit in the areas of the CSDP and internal market. European Security, DOI: 10.1080/09662839.2019.1694510.

BACKGROUND

Tomáš studied European Studies in Prague and Hamburg, and received his Ph.D. in Area Studies from Charles University in 2011. He was a visiting researcher at the Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Cambridge and a visiting fellow at Clare Hall in 2018-2019.

RESEARCH AREA(S):

Renewed Great Power Competition

Global Decline of Democracy

Contact

Email address: weiss@fsv.cuni.cz