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Introduction
Teyear2021markedthe30
th
anniversaryofsigningthedeclarationoncoopera-
tionbetweenPoland,CzechoslovakiaandHungaryinVisegrad.Teformofregional
cooperationknownastheVisegradGroupwasinitiatedexactlyon15February
1991,whenthethenpresidents:Polish-LechWałęsa,Czechoslovakian-Václav
Havel,andtheHungarianPrimeMinisterJózsefAntallenteredintoanagreement
definingcooperation’sobjectivesandterms.Sinceitsestablishment,theVisegrad
Grouphassucceededinimplementinganumberofprojects,twoofwhichwereits
priorities,namelytheaccessionoftheMemberStatestoNATOandtotheEuropean
Union.However,newproblemsandchallengesareconstantlyemerging,whichmust
betacklednotonlybyindividualV4countries,butalsobytheGroupasawhole.
Teyconcern,amongothers,economicandsocialissues,sustainabledevelopment
andenvironmentalprotection,transportandenergy,internalandexternalsecurity.
Recently,suchproblemsasecologicaltransformation,digitalization,rebuilding
economiesafertheCOVID-19pandemic,corruptionanddisinformationhave
gainedimportance.
Tiscollectivemonographisanattempttodiagnoseandreinterpretselectedissues
relatingtotheVisegradGroupanditsmemberstates.Tevolumeconsistsofanalyses
ofpracticalandtheoreticalaspectsofcontemporarynationalpoliciesandregional
cooperation.Teintentionoftheauthorsrepresentingvariousresearchcentersfrom
Poland,theCzechRepublic,Slovakia,Hungary,UkraineandtheNetherlandswas
topresentthemostimportant,intheiropinion,mattersconcerningtheVisegrad
Group.Tebookresultsfromscholarlyinterestintheproblemsandchallengesof
theV4countriesand,thus,constitutesthefirstvolumeofapublicationdevotedto
the30thanniversaryofthealliance.
Inthefirstchapter,intheirarticleTerritorialAdministrativeDivisionoftheCzech
Republic:CompletionoftheReformafer20Years?,PavelPtáčekandJosefSmolik
addresstheissueoftheterritorialadministrativedivisionoftheCzechRepublic
intheperiod2000-2020,takingintoaccountdecentralization,localgovernment
andlegalacts.
Tesecondchapter,byEvaTaterová,entitledPro-IsraeliDiplomacyofthe
CzechRepublicastheExceptionalCaseintheEuropeanUnion:HistoricalContext,
Interpretations,CurrentChallengesconcentratesonthetopicofrelationshipsand
diplomacybetweensuccessivegovernmentsintheCzechRepublicandIsrael.