The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact - ELTE BTK Történelem Szakos Portál

international organisations such as United Nations, NATO, OSCE, Council of
Europe, European Union, Central European Initiative or Visegrad Group ensure
countries about their safety. On the other hand nowadays the biggest threat is not a
direct military action as it was before, but rather an economical threat or incidental
attacks pursued for example by terroristic organisations.
Concerning economical problems, one of the most significant is the problem
of energy sources and the possible threat for Central Europe is the dependence
from Russian gas and oil. Some countries like Slovakia suffered in the last
years because of gas transport problems in Ukraine. The idea of diversification
the sources and ways of getting energy seems to be the key for the economy
and stability of those countries. Some people suggest that the project of Nord
Stream is the new version of Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact. This is absolutely an
exaggerated opinion. Of course the realisation of the economical connection
between Russia and Germany over the heads of Central Europeans is a kind of
possible threat, but in my opinion especially Russia cannot resign from such an
important market for its goods as Central Europe. In my opinion we must
consider Russia, and Russia considers Central Europe, as a partner and this
point of view will rise in power.
I have already mentioned the international terrorism as a potential threat
more similar to typical military action, but only because of the possibility of
losses in men. The way of acting is different then at typical war, rather similar
to partisan, but not same. Also the ways of preventing are different, so we can
hardly base on the experiences from the past.
The experiences we can get from the interwar period and the situation on the
eve of the WWII are rather general. In my opinion the most important thing for
strengthening peace and stability is developing multiple alliances and entering
many countries as possible into cooperation. We should also take care of the
organizations representing interests of groups such as minorities, religion groups,
nations without countries or other which do not have the direct political
representation. The developing of the forums of ideas and values exchange might
positively affect on creating peaceful relations. We should avoid the possibility of
forming blocks and dividing countries. What is more in my opinion the
international organizations need to have concrete aims rather than the general aims.
I understand that the idea of peace is right, but the organizations such as UN need
to form the idea of developing peace through the defined, specific actions. They
should also get the instruments for implementing their policies, unlike League of
Nations which had no possibility to impact countries striving to act in a military
way. Concerning this aspect, organisations like NATO or EU seems to be well
developed, of course in different aspects – NATO in military aspect and EU in
economic. Despite this both of them still need improvements. However there are
still many organizations without enough strong instruments of influencing such as
UN, OSCE or V4, which need many improvements to have the real impact on
membership countries or their area of interest.
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