Evropské neutrální státy a boj proti terorismu po roce 2001

This bachelor’s thesis compares European neutral states, Finland, Sweden and Switzerland, and their activity in counterterrorism. The states were chosen intentionally, as each has a completely different experience with neutrality, which could affect their counterterrorism. The comparison is based on two approaches to counterterrorism – the war on terror and the strategy of combating terrorism. The time interval begins with the 9/11 terrorist attacks and continues to the present. The thesis aims to compare the selected states in the field of counterterrorism in terms of their activity. The text answers these research questions: 1) Which of the countries – Finland, Sweden or Switzerland – is the most and least active in counterterrorism 2) How do the elected states participate in the fight against terrorism?; 3) Is the degree of their activity related to their neutrality, and how? The thesis is a comparative study and is divided into four chapters. The first chapter deals with counterterrorism, the second chapter theoretically defines the concept of neutrality and its current role in international relations, the third chapter is about the characterization of neutrality of selected states. The last chapter deals with individual states and their counterterrorism. The thesis concluded that a state which has codified neutrality and mentions it in its foreign strategy is less active than a state which does not have codified neutrality and does not explicitly mention it in its foreign strategy.