Attitudes of the Czech public toward national security, the military, and NATO membership

Abstract

Drawing upon extensive sociological research, Sarvaś catalogues the attitudes of the Czech population towards three vital security issues, including national security as a whole, the role and condition of the Czech military, and future Czech membership in NATO. He documents the scope of the problem faced by the Czech political leadership as it charts its way through the harrowing process of military reform and constructive participation in European security systems. His analysis helps explain why both military reform and alliance integration will likely be difficult and time‐consuming processes.