Roles, Ideologies and Positions

This chapter introduces the concept of the foreign policy position which the following chapters apply to the analysis of the Czech foreign policy. The position is defined as an intersection of a particular international role and a particular foreign policy ideology. The chapter first defines ideology and role, and then reviews how they were applied to the study of the Czech foreign policy in the twentieth century. Finally, a typology of positions is presented which serves as the tool of analysis of the Czech conduct in the migration crisis of 2015.