Monographie

Jahr der Veröffentlichung: 2014

URL: https://dgap.org/de/article/getFullPDF/25926

Serientitel: DGAPanalyse

Serienzählung: 17

Abstract: 
Relations between Germany and the Visegrad Four (the Czech Republic, Hun- gary, Poland, and Slovakia) have undergone numerous changes since the fall of the Iron Curtain. For each country in the V4, the relationship with Germany has developed along different paths. Today, differences in outlook seem to be present on issues ranging from EU energy security to NATO’s role in European security (on the eastern borders in particular). The recent Ukraine crisis is another instance of  diverging attitudes. This twofold analysis describes, firstly, Germany’s cooperation with the V4 as a whole, particularly its decisive role in shaping the countries’ EU and NATO accession processes. Secondly, it investigates the bilateral agreements between  Germany and the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia, respectively, and examines these as instruments of  German foreign policy. Our conclusion is that, because of  unequal interests and differences of  opinions, the V4 as a whole is less important to Germany than the sum of  its individual bilateral relationships.

Harvard-Zitierstil: Gawrich, A. and Stepanov, M. (2014) German Foreign Policy toward the Visegrad Countries : Patterns of Integration in Central Europe. Berlin: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Auswärtige Politik e.V.. https://dgap.org/de/article/getFullPDF/25926

APA-Zitierstil: Gawrich, A., & Stepanov, M. (2014). German Foreign Policy toward the Visegrad Countries : Patterns of Integration in Central Europe. Deutsche Gesellschaft für Auswärtige Politik e.V.. https://dgap.org/de/article/getFullPDF/25926