<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This paper provides an outline about Hungary’s, Poland’s, Slovakia’s and Czechia’s relationships to the Mashriq region, especially Jordan, Israel and Egypt. The Central and Eastern European countries are considered both individually and collectively in the Visegrád group (V4). Therefore quantitative and qualitative indicators are examined. As one result it was found that in most cases the V4 had no common interests and consequently did not formulate common positions. But finally, the results of this work suggest that the migration crisis has indeed increased the interest of the Visegrád countries in the Mashriq and has accelerated their involvement to some extent both in the Mashriq region and within the European Union.</p></abstract>

This paper provides an outline about Hungary’s, Poland’s, Slovakia’s and Czechia’s relationships to the Mashriq region, especially Jordan, Israel and Egypt. The Central and Eastern European countries are considered both individually and collectively in the Visegrád group (V4). Therefore quantitative and qualitative indicators are examined. As one result it was found that in most cases the V4 had no common interests and consequently did not formulate common positions. But finally, the results of this work suggest that the migration crisis has indeed increased the interest of the Visegrád countries in the Mashriq and has accelerated their involvement to some extent both in the Mashriq region and within the European Union.

Visegrad Group and its Presence in the Mashriq Region

Andrássy Gyula German Speaking University Budapest

Politics in Central Europe

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This paper provides an outline about Hungary’s, Poland’s, Slovakia’s and Czechia’s relationships to the Mashriq region, especially Jordan, Israel and Egypt....

Visegrad Group and its Presence in the Mashriq Region

Publié en ligne: 01 févr. 2020

Pages: 479 - 495

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pce-2019-0026

Mots clés
Visegrád group, Mashriq region, diplomatic relationships, Eastern Neighborhood Policy, Middle East, migration crisis

© 2019 Franziska Döring, published by Sciendo

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

Visegrad Group and its Presence in the Mashriq Region

Publié en ligne: 01 févr. 2020

Pages: 479 - 495

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pce-2019-0026

Mots clésVisegrád group, Mashriq region, diplomatic relationships, Eastern Neighborhood Policy, Middle East, migration crisis

© 2019 Franziska Döring, published by Sciendo

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

Mots clés
Visegrád group, Mashriq region, diplomatic relationships, Eastern Neighborhood Policy, Middle East, migration crisis