Foreign policy of the Slovak Republic towards challenges in the eastern policy of the European Union

• Main Author: Bogusław Pytlik
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Collegium of Socio-Economics, SGH Warsaw School of Economics 2015-06-01
• Series: Studia z Polityki Publicznej
• Subjects: foreign policy; Slovak Republic; European Union; Ukraine; Russia; Visegrad Group
• Online Access: https://econjournals.sgh.waw.pl/KSzPP/article/view/628

The article is about the selected and current problems of the Central and Eastern European foreign policy of the Slovak Republic. This state, like other small in terms of territory Central European countries, due to the actual position held as a player in international relations, it cannot influence the decisions of the other states, i.e. more powerful participants. In this respect, it seems interesting which analysed activities of the Slovak foreign policy are now a priority. The content analysis of the source documents and the results of operations of the Slovak government allows us to make a distinction between 'declared priorities "and" real priorities". The first shall be adopted officially, among others, by virtue of the Slovak Republic's membership in the Euro-Atlantic structures, and the latter are the result of an independent assessment of international affairs and strive to highlight the important role of the Slovak Republic in this area. In the case of the first group of priorities a very clear duality of attitudes can also be seen, which makes you think about the real objectives, especially in the Eastern European dimension of the foreign policy that the current government of the Slovak Republic aims to meet.