The Effects of the Current Security System’s Transformation on the Security of the Central European Nation States

The end of the bipolar world order at the end of the 20th century, which has had a strong impact on the global security system and particularly affected the Central Europe-an states to this day, gave rise to an analytical-evaluative approach to the security threats in the region. The topic of this doctoral research (‘An Analysis- and Evaluation-based Ap-proach to the Security Threats in Central Europe’) is primarily the analysis and evaluation of the risk factors to the V-4 states, especially Slovakia and Hungary. The article analyses the external security challenges, risks, and threats identified on the basis author’s objec-tive perception and can be primarily classified as ones within political and military di-mensions. Of course, this does not dismiss the possibility that the threats not discussed in this study are non-existent. With the use of National Security and Defence Strategies and annual Security Assessment Reports the article presents the risk factors identified by Slovakia and the Czech Republic