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The book presents a comprehensive analysis of internal security systems in the Visegrad Group countries: Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary. The authors discuss key institutions responsible for protecting citizens and infrastructure in each country, including: special services, police, fire brigades and border guards. The researchers try to present different approaches to threats such as migration, terrorism and cybersecurity through an analysis of internal security institutions. The publication presents the development of security policy since 1989, taking into account integration with NATO and the EU and responses to contemporary challenges such as the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine.

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Ewelina Kancik-Kołtun, Assistant Professor at the Department of Public Administration at the Faculty of Political Science and Journalism of the Maria Curie-Sk³odowska University in Lublin. Her research interests include civil society, local participation, party systems and the security of the Visegrad Group countries. Josef Smolík, Associate Professor at the Department of Security Studies, Police Academy of the Czech Republic in Prague. His expertise lies in criminology, security studies, radical political parties, political psychology, and youth subcultures. Radoslav Štefančík, Associate Professor at the Faculty of Applied Languages of the University of Economics in Bratislava. His research interests include political discourse, international migration, political parties and security issues. Sándor Fekete, Associate Professor at the Department for Political Sciences at the University of Miskolc. His research focuses on political communication and political philosophy, especially multiculturalism and ethnocentrism.

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