Strategické partnerství s Jihoafrickou republikou: komparace Číny a Evropské unie

The aim of this bachelor thesis is to identify and compare the level of complexity of China-South Africa (SA) and EU-SA strategic partnerships. In order to achieve this objective, the corresponding research question was posed, i.e. which strategic partnership of the China-SA and EU-SA duo exhibits a greater degree of complexity. The first chapter contains a review of the already published literature, while the second chapter provides the theoretical framework of the thesis and introduces the research design. The third chapter introduces the actors' politics in establishing strategic partnerships and the fourth chapter examines the complexity of the two selected strategic partnerships along thematic categories. In chapter five, the results of the analysis are evaluated and put into context. Within the framework of a two-case comparative study and with the help of the analytical table of constitutive elements, it is concluded that the strategic partnerships of China and SA exhibit a greater degree of complexity. Notable differences from the EU-SA strategic partnership are manifested in the areas of value convergence, security cooperation, perceived equal relationship and frequency of informal interactions.