Content Introductory word from the Prime Minister.......................................................................1 Key messages of the Security Strategy of the Czech Republic .................................4 I. Introduction..................................................................................................................................... 5 II. Security policy principles of the Czech Republic........................................................ 7 III. Security interests of the Czech Republic.......................................................................9 IV. Security environment............................................................................................................ 12 Characteristics of the security environment........................................................ 12 Security threats and sources of instability.............................................................13 V. Strategy to promote the security interests of the Czech Republic...................19 Collective dimension of defence and security..................................................... 21 Foreign policy and diplomacy ..................................................................................... 23 Strategie prevence a potlačování hrozeb ekonomické bezpečnosti........ 25 VI. Areas of strategic concern .................................................................................................27 Czechia‘s place in international relations ..............................................................27 Czechia‘s defence and the tasks of our armed forces...................................... 28 Cyber security .......................................................................................................................31 Economic security ..............................................................................................................31 Internal security ................................................................................................................. 36 Civil protection and crisis management ............................................................... 38 Other important areas of strategic concern ........................................................ 39 Concluding note..............................................................................................................................41 2 3