Přes "železnou oponu". Hospodářské vztahy mezi komunistickým Československem a Velkou Británií v letech 1946/48-1951/53

This bachelor thesis focuses on the analysis of economic and economic relations between Czechoslovakia and Great Britain in 1946-1953, a period of fundamental geopolitical changes and the emerging Cold War. The aim of the thesis was to identify and analyse the main political and economic factors that shaped the bilateral cooperation between these two ideologically different states. The research employed a comparative method and historical-descriptive analysis, drawing on archival material and economic data as well as the academic literature. The main contribution of the thesis lies in a new comprehensive view of the transformation of economic relations between the two countries in the context of Czechoslovakia's growing political and diplomatic isolation primarily after the February 1948 coup. Drawing on contemporary documents and specific data, it shows how political circumstances, regime change, and divergent economic orientations led to a de facto dampening of previously active economic ties. The added value lies in linking economic history with the analysis of the foreign policy context.