About the Journal

Obrana a strategie (Defence & Strategy) is a peer-reviewed academic journal founded in 2001 and published by the University of Defence in Brno, Czech Republic. It publishes original research in security and strategic studies, military affairs, defence policy, international relations, political science, security policy, and related areas of defence and security research.

The journal is published twice a year, in June and December. It was published in both print and electronic formats until 2020 and has been published exclusively online since 2021. Since 2024, it has accepted manuscripts exclusively in English. Research articles undergo mandatory double-blind peer review.

Obrana a strategie is a Diamond Open Access journal. All articles are freely available online immediately upon publication. The journal charges no submission fees, article processing charges (APCs), publication fees, or other author fees.

Articles are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence. Authors retain copyright in their work and grant the journal the right of first publication. The licence permits sharing and adaptation for any purpose, including commercial use, provided that appropriate credit is given, a link to the licence is provided, and any changes are indicated.

The journal is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection – Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), and the European Reference Index for the Humanities and Social Sciences (ERIH PLUS). It is also included in Index Copernicus International, available through the Central and Eastern European Online Library (CEEOL), the Electronic Journals Library (EZB), and catalogued by the National Library of the Czech Republic.

The journal is registered by the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic under No. MK ČR E 16787. Its eISSN is 1802-7199; the historical print ISSN is 1214-6463. The journal’s Crossref DOI prefix is 10.3849, and DOIs assigned to its articles begin with 10.3849/1802-7199.

Official journal website:
https://www.obranaastrategie.cz