Title in original language: Česká a Slovenská republika tři desetiletí po rozdělení: shodná či rozdílná cesta?
Author: Jan Rychlík
Title in English: The Czech Republic and Slovakia three decades after separation: the same or different paths?
Journal: Česko-slovenská historická ročenka, 28, 1, 2026, s. 35-65
Abstract: At midnight on December 31, 1992, Czechoslovakia split into two separate states. The aim of the following study is to answer the question of whether, after more than three decades, both states are following the same path and whether their strategic political goals and, above all, their foreign policy orientation are the same or different. The author attempts to answer the question of whether the promises made by politicians in the summer and fall of 1992 that the division of the federation would be “imperceptible” and that relations between the Czech and Slovak nations would be even closer than before realized, or whether the two states are slowly but surely drifting apart. The study shows that although relations between the Czech Republic and Slovakia have always been correct, the specific degree of cooperation over the past three decades has depended on the political establishments in power in Prague and Bratislava. The study also shows that the foreign policy priorities of the two republics have always differed to some extent.