The Security Environment of the V4 Countries

Bibliographic Data

ID12940231
AuthorsJaroslav Ušiak (0000-0001-9375-2807, corresponding author)
Year2018
Volume14
Issue2
Pages21-37
Publication date2018-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePolitics in Central Europe (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1801-3422 • E-ISSN: 2787-9038
PublisherWalter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.2478/pce-2018-0007
OpenAlexW2892035293
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited2

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

Business · Computer security · Economics · Environmental security · European union · Internal security · International trade · Member state · Member states · National security · Nationalism · Order (exchange · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Position (finance · Security policy · Security studies · State (computer science · Healthcare, Law, Governance, and Management Studies · Law · Military, Security, and Education Studies · Public Administration

Tools

Open DOIOpen Access