1. The Velvet Divorce: Dissolution of Czechoslovakia as an inspiration for Western Balkans
- Author:
- Jana Juzová
- Publication Date:
- 11-2019
- Content Type:
- Policy Brief
- Institution:
- Europeum Institute for European Policy
- Abstract:
- The example of the dissolution of Czechoslovakia referred to also as the “Velvet Divorce”, in the early 1990s, often serves as a model of peaceful dissolution of a joint state. While the context of the joint Czechoslovak state and its split as well as the shared history of Czechs and Slovaks is very different from that of the Western Balkan countries, due to its peaceful, well-managed preparation as well as the implementation and establishment of “above-standard” friendly relations after the dissolution, for which is Czechoslovakia studied as a model example and compared to other states’ dissolutions, it would be impossible not to include it among the cases studied in this project.
- Topic:
- International Relations, History, and Geopolitics
- Political Geography:
- Europe, Balkans, and Czech Republic