Europe forever? Czech political parties on the orientation of Czech foreign policy

HLOUŠEK, Vít and Petr KANIOK. Europe forever? Czech political parties on the orientation of Czech foreign policy. East European Politics. Abingdon: Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis, 2021, vol. 37, No 4, p. 702-721. ISSN 2159-9165. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21599165.2020.1855424.

Basic information

• Original name: Europe forever? Czech political parties on the orientation of Czech foreign policy
• Authors: HLOUŠEK, Vít (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Petr KANIOK (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution).
• Edition: East European Politics, Abingdon, Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis, 2021, 2159-9165.

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Article in a journal
• Field of Study: 50600 5.6 Political science
• Country of publisher: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• WWW: URL
• Impact factor: Impact factor: 3.000
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14230/21:00118822
• Organization unit: Faculty of Social Studies
• Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21599165.2020.1855424
• UT WoS: 000607921100001
• Keywords in English: EU; foreign policy; Czech Republic; political parties; Russia
• Tags: rivok
• Tags: International impact, Reviewed

Abstract

The foreign policy orientation of Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries has been changing in recent years. Countries which were, since the 1990s, oriented towards structures such as NATO or EU have started to flirt with partners such as Russia and China. Apart from Russian and Chinese interventions into CEE domestic development, little is known on whta can explain these changes. Our article fills this gap by analysing the foreign policy approaches of Czech political parties. We argue that European Internationalism is the preferred direction of Czech political parties. However, changes in the Czech party system and multiple EU crises signal contestation of this direction and a possible turn to the East.

Links

• GA18-05612S, research and development project: Name: Sjednoceni v rozdílech; Příspěvek zemí Visegrádu k tématu vícerychlostní integrace Evropské unie

Investor: Czech Science Foundation

• MUNI/A/1025/2018, interní kód MU: Name: Perspektivy evropské integrace v kontextu globální politiky

Investor: Masaryk University, Category A