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The Bucharest Nine Joint Assessment for Common Understanding, or B9 JACU, is a daring, unprecedented project bringing together research institutions and think tanks from each of the B9 countries, together…

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V4 in Changeful Espionage

October 26, 2019

Albeit intelligence sharing is a praised notion, leverage-eliciting information is still exchanged for something else. Emphasis is growing on the cyber and private outsourcing angles. As smaller countries can play…

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US military presence in Poland from the regional perspective and potential Czech contribution

October 25, 2019

The central importance of codified doctrine lies not only in the particular way it can animate and optimize national military forces, but also in the efficient manner by which it…

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The Position of the V4 in Terms of Security Challenges Threatening the European Union

October 24, 2019

Following the migration crisis period, the Visegrad countries have formed a close union to protect their interests. However, the work within the V4 had become more intensive even before the…

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HUNGARIAN PRESIDENT JANOS ADER ADDRESSES A CEREMONY MARKING THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ACCESSION OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC AND THE REST OF THE VISEGRAD FOUR (V4) COUNTRIES INCLUDING HUNGARY, POLAND AND SLOVAKIA TO THE NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION (NATO), IN PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC, 12 MARCH. © ZSOLT SZIGETVARY (PAP/EPA)

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Visegrad Four Defense Cooperation: Years of Missed Opportunities

June 24, 2019

Since the establishment of the Visegrad Four – Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic and Slovakia – in the early 1990s, most of the leaders and experts expected that, due to similar…

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Cooperation Between the Visegrad Countries Regarding Counter-Extremism Operations

May 17, 2019

With Western European states falling victim to jihadist terrorist attacks every few months, the extremist scene in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia (the V4 states) appears to be comparably calm. Despite this, the V4 states are not immune to the threat of extremism and terrorism and must possess well-developed counter-measures. At a time when all four V4 states are threatened by similar forms of extremism and cannot easily find common ground with other states in the EU, they should expand counter-extremism cooperation at the V4 level.

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How Central European Countries Counter the Kremlin Hostile Actions: the Czech Republic’s and Poland Unfulfilled Potential

May 16, 2019

The Visegrad countries cannot find common ground in their attitude towards Russia, which is still disrupting international order and interfering in the domestic affairs of European countries.

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V4: It’s good to be among friends

October 28, 2018

The Visegrad Group is proof that it is possible to create friendly ties in international politics. These ties connect Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Hungary – the Visegrád Four (V4). The strong relationships are built on newer and older common history, a shared geographical neighborhood, vivid contacts - both social and sometimes even familial, economic cooperation – but above all, an awareness of our common interests.

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The unfinished mission – President Lech Kaczyński’s foreign policy

August 10, 2018

Effectiveness, self-confidence, the ability to form alliances, honesty and having high regard for morality – these are character traits that make a good politician.

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The Kremlin’s hostile influence in the Czech Republic: The state of play

August 10, 2017

This is a brief report on the state of play of the Kremlin’s hostile influence in the Czech Republic as of July 2017, and on what is being done to counter it.

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