Projecting the Re-Discovered: Czech Policy Towards Eastern Europe
Projecting the Re-Discovered: Czech Policy Towards Eastern Europe

Summary/Abstract: The paper analyses the Czech foreign policy towards the countries of the Eastern Partnership from the perspective of identity and solidarity. It provides an overview of the Czech identity and its impact on the Czech foreign policy priorities prior to and after the EU and NATO accession. It investigates the expressions of solidarity in the Czech foreign policy and searches for a link between the practice of policy at various levels and the declared position based on identity. It concludes that the practice largely corresponds with the declared foreign policy identity. It also shows that there is a significant shift of focus from more distant countries to the immediate neighbourhood of the EU, especially the East European countries, in the Czech foreign policy.

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