title: Introduction
abstract: The book covers an issue of topical importance: how presidents and prime ministers (and governments) manage their relationships to formulate foreign policy, and especially its security aspects, in times of international conflict. The significance of the topic was increased by the Russian attack on Ukraine in February 2022, which provoked a strong international response. This was especially intense in Central European countries such as Poland, Hungary, Czechia, and Slovakia. Their similar experie
journal: Palgrave studies in presidential politics.