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Le Groupe de Visegrád: perspectives et dynamiques dans la crise sanitaire de la Covid-19
The Visegrád Group: prospects and dynamics in the Covid-19 health crisis

Author(s): Maxime Belin
Subject(s): Economy, Sociology, International relations/trade, Security and defense
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Visegrad Group; geopolitics; rule of law; populism; Central Europe; sanitary crise
Summary/Abstract: The great crises of the past have had the endogenous characteristic of allowing major geopolitical changes: will the Covid-19 crisis be an exception? This chapter will focus on demonstrating that, despite the uncertainty, the countries of the Visegrad group adopt two attitudes by constraint or opportunism. States are innovating in the adoption of policies while relying on geopolitical achievements to reassure themselves.