Civil-Military Relations in Slovakia from the Perspective of NATO Integration
Civil-Military Relations in Slovakia from the Perspective of NATO Integration

Summary/Abstract: The issue of civil-military relations is increasingly important in connection with Slovakia’s foreign policy and security orientation towards NATO while the criterion of .civil control. represents one of the five most important criteria for membership in the Alliance. The study aims at analyzing preparedness of the armed forces of Slovakia to meet this criterion. It puts forward arguments contradicting the common opinion that there are no problems in the sphere of civil-military relations. Moreover, it points out the fact that civil-military relations are underdeveloped on the informal level, and the system of democratic control and civil accountability of the SR Army is limited by the inadequately formed security community.

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