Would Slovenia fit into V4? A review of Visegrad Group Countries and Slovenia`s Positions on Ukraine and Russia
Would Slovenia fit into V4? A review of Visegrad Group Countries and Slovenia`s Positions on Ukraine and Russia

Summary/Abstract: This paper presents a comparative analysis of Visegrad Group (V4) countries positions towards Ukraine and Russia since the outbreak of Ukrainian crisis at the end of 2013 till the reaching of the Minsk II agreement at Belarus talks on February 12, 2015. It also seeks to analyse the level of coherence in attitudes towards the Ukraine crisis and the Russia-Ukraine conflict3 between V4 countries and particularly Slovenia and thus enhance academic debate on possible V4 enlargement. Following the last year events in Ukraine, some Central European countries are under heavy criticism for their unwillingness to properly address Ukraine crisis-related security and economic challenges, lack of joint action and too much of division on important European issues. The paper discusses the most recent foreign political development in V4 countries as well as in Slovenia by offering a comparative analysis of these countries responses to Russia`s annexation of Crimea, imposition of sanctions against Russia as well as approval of European aspirations of Ukraine. The overall assessment would enable us to identify the existing or vice versa non-existing level of coherence among five Central European countries (V4 plus Slovenia).

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