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policy in response to international events; “good” is the rating used for
limited, predominantly reactive steps with no independent initiative;
“satisfactory” is used for a predominantly passive stance and limited
activi; and “unsatisfactory” indicates an entirely passive stance by the
Czech Republic without any activi at all.
B. DETERMINATION (30%), or the “seriousness of intent” that
accompanies a certain foreign policy activi, i.e. whether it was part of
long-term plans, whether it was consistent with previous steps taken,
and whether sufficient human and financial resources were allocated for
its implementation. An „excellent“ rating was given to strategic action
lly based on long-term plans, supported by adequate resources with
the involvement of major foreign policy figures; “commendable” was the
rating used for activi partly based on long-term plans and supported
by limited resources and the majori of key figures; a “good” rating was
given to tactical responses at least partially taking existing strategic
plans into account and a resource framework with support from the
Government of the Czech Republic; a „satisfactory“ rating was given
to tactical responses without any long-term context backed by very
limited resources and fragmented involvement of key figures, while
“unsatisfactory” was used to describe chaotic action not backed by any
resources.
C. THE IMPACT (20%), meaning whether the declared intentions led to
the desired results (i.e. if an agreement was signed, a political prisoner
released, a source of energy secured). We ascribe a mark of “excellent”
when all declared aims were achieved; “commendable” is used when
most of the declared aims were achieved; “good” is used when a limited
number of declared aims were achieved; “satisfactory” was used when
only a few of the declared aims were achieved; and “unsatisfactory” was
for situations in which none of the declared aims were achieved.
D. NORMATIVE RATING (20%) gives the subjective view of the authors,
which complements the overall view with factors that cannot be clearly
defined in the context of the previous categories. This is a qualitative
indicator, hard to speci, which is why we have added a brief verbal