<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This article describes attitudes of V4 states (Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia and Poland) and their activity in the fight against terrorism, and specifically in the fight against the so-called Islamic State that has appeared in 2014. In addition to applying role theory, the main aim of article is to define the roles that V4 states perform. The second aim is to give an explanation of their (non-)participation of active involvement in general in the fight against terrorism within the EU. The results showed that roles differ and only Poland is active in the fight against IS, however rest of V4 took part in passive support that relies on their size, budget and also political will. These results were observed in main statements made by policymakers of each particular state that have been done through content analysis.</p></abstract>

This article describes attitudes of V4 states (Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia and Poland) and their activity in the fight against terrorism, and specifically in the fight against the so-called Islamic State that has appeared in 2014. In addition to applying role theory, the main aim of article is to define the roles that V4 states perform. The second aim is to give an explanation of their (non-)participation of active involvement in general in the fight against terrorism within the EU. The results showed that roles differ and only Poland is active in the fight against IS, however rest of V4 took part in passive support that relies on their size, budget and also political will. These results were observed in main statements made by policymakers of each particular state that have been done through content analysis.

The fight against terrorism is not optional: cases of V4 states and their participation in the fight against IS

assistant professor at the Metropolitan University Prague

at the Department of International Relations and European Studies. She focuses on security studies and the EU with regard on internal and external EU security mechanisms

Politics in Central Europe

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This article describes attitudes of V4 states (Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia and Poland) and their activity in the fight against terrorism, and...

The fight against terrorism is not optional: cases of V4 states and their participation in the fight against IS

Published Online: Oct 16, 2021

Page range: 309 - 331

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pce-2019-0019

Keywords
EU, Islamic State, NATO, role theory, terrorism, V4

© 2019 Hana N. Hlaváčková, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

The fight against terrorism is not optional: cases of V4 states and their participation in the fight against IS

Published Online: Oct 16, 2021

Page range: 309 - 331

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pce-2019-0019

KeywordsEU, Islamic State, NATO, role theory, terrorism, V4

© 2019 Hana N. Hlaváčková, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
EU, Islamic State, NATO, role theory, terrorism, V4