Bulletin n. 1/2015
June 2015
CONTENTS
  • Section A) The theory and practise of the federal states and multi-level systems of government
  • Section B) Global governance and international organizations
  • Section C) Regional integration processes
  • Section D) Federalism as a political idea
    • Racz Andras
    The Visegrad Cooperation: Central Europe divided over Russia
    in Europe en formation (L') , n° 374, 2014/4 ,  2014 ,  61-76
    Regarding the relations with Russia, the four countries of Central Europe constituting the Visegrad Cooperation, namely Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary have shared interests in the field of hard security. However, they are deeply divided in terms of energy policy, foreign policy ambitions and also domestic politics. Though energy supply diversification projects are going on, it takes a long time to decrease the strategic dependency on Russia. Domestic politics is particularly relevant in case of Hungary, where Prime Minister Viktor Orbán perceives Russia also as an ideological model, which is a sharp contrast compared to the other three states. However, these divisions are unlikely to do a lasting damage to the Visegrad cooperation itself, as the organization was actually never intended to solve intra-Visegrad differences, but to represent joint interests, when they are already present. Consequently, the Visegrad has a rich routine in handling internal disagreements.
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