Zdeněk Rod

Zdeněk Rod is a research fellow at the University of West Bohemia in Pilsen, Department of Politics and International Relations and a research fellow at the Centre for Security Analysis and Prevention in Prague.

His PhD thesis focuses on implementing security-development nexus approaches in a post-conflict environment. He is also interested in the People’s Republic of China’s role in world affairs and hybrid warfare. He has studied at universities in Ljubljana, Budapest, and Brussels, and conducted several research visits, for instance, to the NATO CIMIC Centre of Excellence in the Hague. He also worked at the Czech Ministry of Defence.