Structural aspects of sovereignty and the Slovak foreign policy after parliament elections 2023

Milan KURUCZ^[1]

https://doi.org/10.53465/SJIR.1339-2751.2024.2.110-124

 

Abstract: The article examines the reasons for setting a sovereign foreign policy as a strategic goal of the coalition government of Smer – Social Democracy, Hlas- Social Democracy and Slovak National Party. It is focusing on those structural conditions that affect the political choice of these actors and determine the real possibilities for implementation sovereign foreign policy in international relations characterized by power asymmetries and economic dependence. There is also analysed constellation of social and political forces in Slovak society which, under certain external situation, creates the prerequisites for an effort to pursue an independent policy.

Keywords: sovereignty, foreign policy, dependent development, Slovak Republic

JEL: F52, F53

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Submitted: 24. 6. 2024 | Accepted: 23. 9. 2024 | Published 15. 12. 2024

 

To cite this article (APA style):

Kurucz, M. (2024). Structural aspects of sovereignty and the Slovak foreign policy after parliament elections 2023. Medzinárodné vzťahy – Slovak Journal of International Relations, 22(2), 110 – 124. https://doi.org/10.53465/SJIR.1339-2751.2024.2.110-124

 

 

Publisher: University of Economics in Bratislava

ISSN online: 1339-2751

 

^[1] Doc. Milan Kurucz, Csc., Associate Professor, PhD., Department of International Political Relations, Faculty of International Relations, University of Economics in Bratislava, Dolnozemská cesta 1/b, 852 35 Bratislava, e-mail: . https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7523-0498