Evolution of Central European Geopolitical Identity (eurozine.com)

• Erosion of the 'kidnapped West' narrative in post-communist states.
• Conflict between national sovereignty and centralized European governance.
• Re-evaluation of Central European intellectual heritage in a populist context.

"The article explores the shift from Milan Kundera’s 'arch-European' concept of Central Europe—a region defined by its desire to return to Western values—to the contemporary rise of anti-EU nationalism in the Visegrád states. It analyzes whether the logic of modern Polish, Hungarian, Czech, and Slovak nationalism is a deviation from or a consequence of historical regional identity."