Naslov
The “New cold warriors” and the “Pragmatics”: the differences in foreign policy attitudes towards Russia and the eastern partnership states among the NATO member states from Central and South-Eastern Europe

Autori
Kurečić, Petar

Izvornik
Croatian international relations review (1331-1182) 23 (2017), 80; 61-96

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, pregledni rad, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
Central and South-Eastern Europe (CSEE) ; NATO ; European Union ; foreign policy initiatives ; Ukrainian crisis ; Russia

Sažetak
The post-communist NATO member states from Central and South-Eastern Europe (CSEE) comprise a group of 11 NATO/EU member states, from the Baltic to the Adriatic and Black Sea. The twelfth and thirteenth NATO member states from the region are Albania and Montenegro. The afore-mentioned NATO/EU member states have mostly shown a similar stance towards the Eastern Partnership Policy. However, since 2014, these states have shown more diverse stances, albeit declaratively supporting the anti-Russian sanctions. Due to the difference in stances towards Russia, the “New Cold Warriors” (Poland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Romania) and the “Pragmatics” (Hungary, Slovakia, Slovenia and Bulgaria), will maintain a mostly common course towards Russia and the Eastern Partnership states because they have to. The Czech Republic, although hosting a part of the US anti-ballistic missile shield, is not a genuine “New Cold Warrior”, while in 2016 Croatia effectively became one.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Politologija

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