Predgovor

Author(s): Velimir Valjan / Language(s): Croatian Publication Year: 0

Nakon pada Bosne pod otomansku vlast (1463) razrušeni su, spaljeni i napušteni mnogi samostani u Bosni. Jedan od njih je i Lašvanski samostan, koji se nalazio, prema izvješćima bosanskih apostolskih vikara o pohodima Lašvanskoj župi, na Guvnima, naselju današnje dolačke župe. Ne znamo ni koliko je bilo braće u njemu kad je krajem 15. stoljeća stradao ni kamo su nakon njegova stradanja otišli. U nekim šematizmima provincije Bosne Srebrene piše da su odmah nakon toga prešli u Guču Goru.

Foreword

Author(s): Peter Brezáni / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

This is only for the second time in the history of this edition, that the Yearbook assesses a year which saw a complete political power shift and thus an exchange of those who make and decide on foreign policy. It was an election year, a year of foreign policy accent shift, and a year of institutional and personnel changes (not only) at the Foreign Ministry.

Editorial

Author(s): Peter Brezáni / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

If the foreign policy of any state is to be successful it must have its own form, its own language and be part of public – institutionally framed – discourse. There is, however, no such ‘institutional umbrella’ covering all those responsible for the formulation and implementation of our foreign policy as well as those in Slovakia who are not indifferent to it. Moreover, there is often little will to open such an umbrella ‘over’ our foreign policy. Even the political parties do not pay much attention to foreign policy and thus issues of foreign policy are only occasionally part of the general public discourse. It is, however, the open, coherent and constant exchange of views, opinions, know-how, arguments from experience and/or long-term plans among the groups mentioned that play a crucial role in planning foreign policy. All of these reasons keep convincing us that we need to regularly evaluate where Slovak foreign policy currently is, which important events occurred in the preceding year and what challenges lie ahead of Slovakia in the near future.

Foreword

Author(s): Peter Brezáni / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

The very first Yearbook of Foreign Policy of the Slovak Republic, published in 2000 and mapping the year 1999, outlined the aim of this unique project as follows: “The demand of society to regularly publish a Yearbook containing opinions and assessments of the state’s foreign policy stemmed from the need to record the development of foreign policy, during a crucial period in the country’s development, in a form accessible to the expert public […] In Slovakia, the requirement to publish the Yearbook is further bolstered by two factors: by an excessive dependency of foreign policy trends upon the current government coalition […], as well as the lack of an official almanac of foreign policy documents. From this perspective, it is a shame that the first issue of the Yearbook is only being published in the eighth year of Slovakia’s existence. We can only take solace in the motto – ‘better late than never’.

Foreword

Author(s): Author Not Specified / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

The Yearbook of Slovakia’s Foreign Policy is a unique project which has for the past nine years been, we hope that successfully, contributing to the development of the tradition of the regular evaluation and analysis of the foreign policy of the Slovak Republic in the given year and supporting the cultivation of the foreign policy debate. This publication represents a significant and at the same time the only book source keeping record of the development of Slovakia’s foreign policy and the discussion on its further direction.

Preface

Author(s): Peter Brezáni / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

Preface

Author(s): Peter Brezáni / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

Foreword

Author(s): Peter Brezáni / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

A year ago I wrote in the foreword to the 2015 Yearbook that with respect to international affairs (and hence Slovak foreign policy), 2016 would not be any easier than 2015, and might be even more difficult. This has proven to be not far from the truth, in various aspects of foreign policy. Within the European Union we once again witnessed the sight of terrorism costing many lives. Internationally, ongoing wars – both far from and near to the EU neighborhood – brought more tension and instability to international relations.

Predhovor

Author(s): Peter Brezáni / Language(s): Slovak Publication Year: 0

Bezpečnostné hrozby a migrácia. Aj tak možno prostou vetou a veľmi zjednodušene charakterizovať dominantné témy uplynulých 12 mesiacov. Terorizmus sa ozýval v Európe. Asi častejšie ako po iné roky a ešte aj nahlas. Vojna u nášho východného suseda neprestala, i keď ju z mediálneho priestoru vytláčali boje v Sýrii, z ktorej boli zasa vytlá- čaní jej obyvatelia. Situácia na Blízkom východe, ale i na tom trochu vzdialenejšom, či „nátlak“ klímy v Afrike výrazne zvýšili intenzitu migračných vĺn, ktoré z európskej, ale aj tej slovenskej verejnej debaty vytisli ostatné témy aj rozumné argumenty a ostali v nej často len emócie a dojmy. Ani s dlhovou krízou sa nepodarilo príliš pohnúť vpred.

Predhovor

Author(s): Peter Brezáni / Language(s): Slovak Publication Year: 0

V uplynulom roku sa opäť po chvíli relatívneho pokoja otvorila Pandorina skrinka medzinárodnýchvzťahov. To, čo sa dialo, deje a bude diať v blízkej budúcnosti u nášhovýchodného suseda, bolo bez akýchkoľvek pochybností udalosťou roka číslo jeden.Nielen v našom regióne. Počas uplynulých 12 mesiacov roku 2014 sme v Európenemali v politickej debate komplikovanejšiu tému. Všetko ostatné ostalo v tieni bojovna Ukrajine, resp. sme sa na to „ostatné“ dívali cez prizmu situácie na Ukrajine. Pripomenutiesi 100. výročia od začiatku prvej svetovej vojny či 70 rokov od vylodeniav Normandii, alebo nášho slovenského povstania v druhej svetovej vojne tak malotrpkú príchuť. Podobne aj oslavy desiatich rokov Slovenska v Európskej únii a NATOmali v ukrajinskom kontexte inú dimenziu.

Predhovor

Author(s): Peter Brezáni / Language(s): Slovak Publication Year: 0

Roku 2013 môžeme pokojne dať nálepku „rok výročí“. Dňa 1. januára 2013 oslávilo Slovensko svoje dvadsiate narodeniny. Takisto sme oslávili naše dvadsaťročné pôsobenie na pôde OSN, dekádu programu oficiálnej rozvojovej spolupráce a pripomenuli sme si, že ubehlo 1 150 rokov od príchodu Konštantína a Metoda na naše územie. Rok 2013 však mal okrem tej oslavnej aj pracovnú dimenziu: pokračoval v zabehanej tradícii globálnych, ale aj regionálnych problémov, bol rokom udalostí, na ktoré naša zahraničná politika, resp. diplomacia musela neodkladne reagovať, a priniesol i situácie, ku ktorým stačilo zaujať stanovisko, či tie, ktorých priebeh verejnosť ani nezaregistrovala.

Predhovor

Author(s): Peter Brezáni / Language(s): Slovak Publication Year: 0

Rok 2012 bol rokom volebným. Opäť došlo k úplnej politicko-mocenskej výmene, a teda i k výmene tých, ktorí za realizáciu zahraničnej politiky nesú ústavnú zodpovednosť. Po prvý raz v histórii Slovenska je minister zahraničných vecí zároveň podpredsedom vlády. Nové funkčné postavenie ministra vo vláde prináša možnosti pohnúť našu zahraničnú politiku (a nielen v inštitucionálnom a vo finančnom zmysle) o krok (skok) vpred. Ostáva veriť, že táto šanca neostane premárnená ako v predchádzajúcom volebnom období, keď bol ministrom zahraničných vecí predseda najsilnejšej koaličnej strany. Niečo už v roku 2012 naznačili aj výrazné inštitucionálne zmeny. Významne sa posilnili kompetencie rezortu zahraničných vecí, ktorý je tak okrem zahraničnej politiky zodpovedný i za koordináciu politík EÚ, krajanskú agendu, jednotnú prezentáciu v zahraničí, presadzovanie obchodno-ekonomických záujmov či za agendu ľudských práv. Koniec koncov, v roku 2012 sa tiež rozšíril názov samotného ministerstva, čím sa zohľadnila jeho koordinačná úloha v oblasti európskych politík.

Predhovor

Author(s): Peter Brezáni / Language(s): Slovak Publication Year: 0

Predhovor

Author(s): Peter Brezáni / Language(s): Slovak Publication Year: 0

This is only for the second time in the history of this edition, that the Yearbook assesses a year which saw a complete political power shift and thus an exchange of those who make and decide on foreign policy. It was an election year, a year of foreign policy accent shift, and a year of institutional and personnel changes (not only) at the Foreign Ministry. For the first time, the leader of the strongest coalition party became the Foreign Minister; a person with the real political power to move our foreign policy (and not only in the institutional or financial sense) a step (leap) forward. One can only hope that the current Government will also have the political will to do so. The first few post-election months have, however, already provided some indications. First of all, the integration of the diplomatic service, discussed often since 1993, became reality in 2010 and represents an important milestone in the future realization of our foreign policy.

Predhovor

Author(s): Peter Brezáni / Language(s): Slovak Publication Year: 0

If the foreign policy of any state is to be successful it must have its own form, its own language and be part of public – institutionally framed – discourse. There is, however, no such ‘institutional umbrella’ covering all those responsible for the formulation and implementation of our foreign policy as well as those in Slovakia who are not indifferent to it. Moreover, there is often little will to open such an umbrella ‘over’ our foreign policy. Even the political parties do not pay much attention to foreign policy and thus issues of foreign policy are only occasionally part of the general public discourse. It is, however, the open, coherent and constant exchange of views, opinions, know-how, arguments from experience and/or long-term plans among the groups mentioned that play a crucial role in planning foreign policy. All of these reasons keep convincing us that we need to regularly evaluate where Slovak foreign policy currently is, which important events occurred in the preceding year and what challenges lie ahead of Slovakia in the near future.

Predhovor

Author(s): Peter Brezáni / Language(s): Slovak Publication Year: 0

The very first Yearbook of Foreign Policy of the Slovak Republic, published in 2000 and mapping the year 1999, outlined the aim of this unique project as follows: “The demand of society to regularly publish a Yearbook containing opinions and assessments of the state’s foreign policy stemmed from the need to record the development of foreign policy, during a crucial period in the country’s development, in a form accessible to the expert public […] In Slovakia, the requirement to publish the Yearbook is further bolstered by two factors: by an excessive dependency of foreign policy trends upon the current government coalition […], as well as the lack of an official almanac of foreign policy documents. From this perspective, it is a shame that the first issue of the Yearbook is only being published in the eighth year of Slovakia’s existence. We can only take solace in the motto – ‘better late than never’.

Predhovor

Author(s): Author Not Specified / Language(s): Slovak Publication Year: 0

Predhovor

Author(s): Peter Brezáni / Language(s): Slovak Publication Year: 0

Predhovor

Author(s): Peter Brezáni / Language(s): Slovak Publication Year: 0

Predhovor

Author(s): Author Not Specified / Language(s): Slovak Publication Year: 0

Presented the third volume of the Yearbook of Foreign Policy of the Slovak Republic 2001 offers the reader a presentation and summary of foreign policy of the Slovak Republic of 2001 from the point of view of its prime actors, expert and analytical view of the issue complemented by topical data of practical character as chronology of the most important foreign policy activities of the SR in 2001, structure of the State Administration bodies acting in a sphere of international relations and European integration, and others are. This structure of the publication known from previous volumes is based on needs to strengthen a tradition of regular assessment of the whole complex of Slovak foreign policy in all its levels with regard to a wide basis of its actors. It is confirmed also by an interest rendered to publication of the Yearbook of Foreign Policy of the Slovak Republic 1999 and the Slovak and English versions of the Yearbook of Foreign Policy of the Slovak Republic 2000 as well as to holding two annual evaluation conferences where representatives of central bodies of the State Administration, political parties, scientific research and academic centres and non-governmental organisations took part.