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The evolution of the regional system of cooperation for peace and security in Africa led to the formation of institutionalized methods and forms of cooperation within the framework of regional international organizations (Organization of African Unity, African Union) and the creation of the African Peace and Security Architecture. One of the important forms of activity within it became peacekeeping operations. Maintenance, building and peace enforcement missions have become part of the strategy to shape the international environment in which security is a prerequisite for the smooth implementation of development goals. African international forces heretofore have participated in stabilization operations in countries such as Chad, Rwanda, Burundi, the Comoros, Sudan, Somalia and the Central African Republic.
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The article explores the peacekeeping activities of Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia and the characteristics of their activities on the African continent. The paper examines the African peacekeeping missions carried out by Visegrád countries. The study uses comparative scientific literature and analysis of statements released by these governments and other papers and studies related to the African peacekeeping missions. In addition, I used my own experience from my previous African peacekeeping/peace support missions, and the lessons learned from other African operations published in my previous book about Hungarian peacekeeping missions. In summary, of the Visegrád states with differing levels of training and equipment, Poland was the most active in peace operations in Africa and in the lead, followed by the Czech Republic and Hungary, while Slovakia was the least involved in the African continent. This trend is, moreover, in line with the involvement of the above countries in Africa to date. Although these states cooperate in several areas, this is not the case for African peace operations, although cooperation in this area would be important. The research examines the background to the activities of the V4 countries in peace operations in Africa. The study is particularly important in view of the fact that, for a number of reasons (migration, terrorism), the V4 countries are preparing for greater engagement in Africa, one area of which is peace-support operations.
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One of the significant elements of the foreign policy pursued after 1989 is Poland’s engagement in the activities of the international community for strengthening the security in conflict-prone states and regions. Poland has consequently utilised the participation in peacekeeping operations, carried out under the auspices of international organisations and coalitions created ad hoc, as an instrument for implementing its foreign policy. The aim of the article is the analysis of the character, scale and motives for Poland’s involvement in the peacekeeping operations of the European Union, from the perspective of the foreign policy after 1989. The adopted construction of the article does not allow to conduct a multi-faceted analysis, but only to concentrate on selected issues, namely the motives and dilemmas of Polish engagement in the European Union’s peacekeeping operations.
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Jedynym z istotnych fragmentów realizowanej po 1989 roku polityki zagranicznej jest zaangażowanie Polski w działania społeczności międzynarodowej na rzecz umacniania bezpieczeństwa w państwach i regionach konfliktogennych. Polska konsekwentnie wykorzystuje udział w operacjach pokojowych prowadzonych pod auspicjami organizacji międzynarodowych i koalicji ad hoc jako instrument realizacji polityki zagranicznej. Celem artykułu jest analiza motywów i skali zaangażowania Polski w operacje pokojowe UE z perspektywy polityki zagranicznej po 1989 roku. Przyjęta konstrukcja artykułu nie pozwala na wieloaspektową analizę a jedynie na skoncentrowanie się na wybranych kwestiach, a mianowicie motywach i dylematach zaangażowania Polski w operacje pokojowe UE.
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