THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE WHITE BOOK ON DEFENCE OF THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC TO ENSURE NATIONAL SECURITY AND DEFENSE

• Authors: ĎURKECH, BORIS , ŠVARNÝ, JOZEF

Abstracts

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Main prerequisite for any state to maintain its sovereignty and territorial integrity is defined by its ability to maintain its security and defense. By doing so, states define through their strategic security documents their security environment, security interests, security and in the end their security and defense policies. Same applies for Slovak Republic (SVK). Within its security system, developed in order to implement security and defense policies, Armed forces of the Slovak Republic (AF SVK) play crucial role. AF SVK significantly contributes to the process of maintaining peace, security, sovereignty, territorial integrity and fulfillment of international obligations by which Slovak republic is committed. Within the need to maintain auto reproductive function of the AF SVK, Ministry of Defense of the Slovak Republic prepared strategic document assessing development of capabilities of AF SVK and requirements for future development – The White Book. Government of SVK approved this document on 26 of June 2013 under number 326/2013. As such it created basic environment for future development of AS SVK in order to boost their capabilities within security system of SVK. Nowadays actualization of the White Book is considered, which will adjust requirements for development within AF SVK after changes to security environment of SVK established in 2013.

Keywords

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security; defense; state; sovereignty; security and defense policy; security system; AF SVK; The White Book

• Publisher: Wyższa Szkoła Bezpieczeństwa Publicznego i Indywidualnego “Apeiron” w Krakowie
• Journal: Kultura Bezpieczeństwa. Nauka – Praktyka – Refleksje
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 22(22)
• Pages: 147-166

Dates

published

2018-08-14

Contributors

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ĎURKECH, BORIS

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ŠVARNÝ, JOZEF