SECURITY AND DEFENCE POLICY
SECURITY AND DEFENCE POLICY
The first two years of the third government cycle since the change of the political system were characterized by radical changes. Accession to NATO in 1999 fundamentally changed Hungary’s strategic position, while certain shortfalls of the defence sector also came to light. The failure to fully implement obligations stemming from NATO membership not only endangered the credibility of Hungarian foreign policy but indirectly the process of integration into the European Union as well. This is why a strategic review was ordered with some urgency in the summer of 1999, in which there already was a possibility of taking into account experience gained as a new member of NATO in the Kosovo-campaign, as well as the new security and defence policy principles approved by the Parliament in December 1998.
Hungary in NATO
The Balkans Crisis and Kosovo
New Security and Defence Principles 1998
Strategic Review 1999
