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The Visegrad Group countries: The United Arab Emirates perspective
Politics in Central Europe
  • Adam Krzymowski, Zayed University
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
4-1-2021
Abstract

This manuscript analyses the role and importance of cooperation between the Visegrad Group (V4) countries and the most globally active member of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), which is the United Arab Emirates. In view of the V4+ concept implemented with partners from the Middle East, Israel or Egypt, the presented analysis is important and meets the lack of this element in the scientific debate. This study is based on empirical research and its findings are the result of not only observation but also 10 years of direct participation of the author in many activities related to the cooperation of the Visegrad Group countries and the UAE, including as ambassador, senior advisor to Dubai Expo 2020, especially responsible for strategies and dynamisation relations between Central and Eastern Europe (except Poland) and the United Arab Emirates. According to the author's opinion, presented in the conclusion, there is now a huge opportunity to present V4 projects, including as a part of the broader strategy of the Three Seas Initiative (3SI) during World Expo Dubai, which will take place from October 2021 to March 2022, and make this initiative a globally recognizable project. However, coordinating and accelerating joint actions is required.

Publisher
Sciendo
Keywords
  • European Union,
  • GCC,
  • United Arab Emirates,
  • V4,
  • Visegrad Group
Scopus ID

85102587586

Creative Commons License
Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0
Indexed in Scopus
Yes
Open Access
Yes
Open Access Type
Gold: This publication is openly available in an open access journal/series
https://doi.org/10.2478/pce-2021-0005
Citation Information
Adam Krzymowski. "The Visegrad Group countries: The United Arab Emirates perspective" Politics in Central Europe Vol. 17 (2021) p. 107 - 126 ISSN: <p><a href="https://v2.sherpa.ac.uk/id/publication/issn/1801-3422" target="_blank">1801-3422</a></p>
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/adam-krzymowski/2/