Comparison of Foreign Policy Strategies of Governments of Mikuláš Dzurinda and Róbert Fico towards NATO and EU Cover Image

Porovnanie stratégie zahraničnej politiky vlády Mikuláša Dzurindu a vlády Róberta Fica voči NATO a EÚ
Comparison of Foreign Policy Strategies of Governments of Mikuláš Dzurinda and Róbert Fico towards NATO and EU

Author(s): Jozef Vlčej
Subject(s): Politics, Governance, International relations/trade, Security and defense, EU-Accession / EU-DEvelopment
Published by: Vysoká škola evropských a regionálních studií, z. ú.
Keywords: EU; NATO; integration; Slovak Republic; foreign policy;

Summary/Abstract: This paper focuses on the comparison of the foreign policy strategies of governments of Mikulas Dzurinda and Robert Fico during the period 1998 to 2010. The main aim of this paper was to compare the strategy of the Slovak foreign policy both of the governments above towards integrating the NATO and EU. The foreign policy direction towards these organisations played a key role in the development of Slovak foreign policy. Specifically, the process during the nineties was closed and culminated positively in 2004 with Slovakia's accession to the NATO and EU. After the appointment of the government of Robert Fico the questions about the strategy of foreign policy of his government towards the EU and NATO emerged. The aim of this paper is to define the fundamental differences in the foreign policy strategy of the two governments.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 3-4
  • Page Range: 11-21
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Slovak