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Slovenská strategická kultúra v kolobehu dejín
Slovak Strategic Culture in the Cycles of History

Author(s): Jaroslav Ušiak
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Univerzita Mateja Bela
Keywords: strategic culture; security; military; history of Slovakian territory; Slovak Republic

Summary/Abstract: The main aim of the article is to analyse strategic culture and security of Slovakia. We will try to analyse its linguistic, analytical and informative significance, and how its planning and operational capabilities are reflected in the practice of foreign and national security policy of state during the cycles of history. Our attention is to focus on early history of the Slovakian territory, period during Austro-Hungarian Empire, the decades during the two world wars. The attention is also focused on period during the Soviet domination over the central Europe till today. We will try to formulate what aspects of the strategic culture of Slovak Republic, particularly from the historical perspective, may also serve to enhance its current developments. However, despite its enhanced normative aspect the strategic culture will primarily always be a system of meanings and symbols, as well as system of resources, which to a large extent determine formulation of foreign policy doctrines and security policy.

  • Issue Year: 16/2013
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 120-133
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: English