The Security Environment of the V4 Countries

State security policy is not created in a vacuum. In general, policy‑making is affected by external and internal variables and influences on the security environment as well as by responses to all these factors. Political decision‑making is another significant intervening variable. The aim of this s...

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Autor principal:	Ušiak Jaroslav
Formato:	article
Lenguaje:	CS EN SK
Publicado:	Sciendo 2018
Materias:	central europe security environment evolution security threats security challenges the v4 Political science J
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:3bddcbd03a8144299ea86b9089fa71762021-12-02T19:04:29ZThe Security Environment of the V4 Countries1801-342210.2478/pce-2018-0007https://doaj.org/article/3bddcbd03a8144299ea86b9089fa71762018-09-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.2478/pce-2018-0007https://doaj.org/toc/1801-3422State security policy is not created in a vacuum. In general, policy‑making is affected by external and internal variables and influences on the security environment as well as by responses to all these factors. Political decision‑making is another significant intervening variable. The aim of this study is to define the security environment of the Visegrad countries in both its narrow and broader senses. To this end, I consider common factors that have affected - and continue to influence - all four countries in order to reveal and evaluate the policy development processes in these states up to the present day. My methodology relies on case studies that trace the security policies of each of the Visegrad countries since the end of the bipolar standoff. The comparison in my conclusion highlights significant challenges now affecting the security policies of all these countries including defence budgets, the crisis in Ukraine, the position of EU member states and growing nationalism and extremism.Ušiak JaroslavSciendoarticlecentral europesecurity environment evolutionsecurity threatssecuritychallengesthe v4Political scienceJCSENSKPolitics in Central Europe, Vol 14, Iss 2, Pp 21-37 (2018)
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description	State security policy is not created in a vacuum. In general, policy‑making is affected by external and internal variables and influences on the security environment as well as by responses to all these factors. Political decision‑making is another significant intervening variable. The aim of this study is to define the security environment of the Visegrad countries in both its narrow and broader senses. To this end, I consider common factors that have affected - and continue to influence - all four countries in order to reveal and evaluate the policy development processes in these states up to the present day. My methodology relies on case studies that trace the security policies of each of the Visegrad countries since the end of the bipolar standoff. The comparison in my conclusion highlights significant challenges now affecting the security policies of all these countries including defence budgets, the crisis in Ukraine, the position of EU member states and growing nationalism and extremism.
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The Security Environment of the V4 Countries

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