ABSTRACT
This chapter attempts to grasp the power of the Visegrad Group through concepts and frameworks used in the study of international relations already. It analyses the V4's power relying on the relational approach to power developed, among others, by Robert Dahl, who found that the power of an actor is to be understood in individual relations with other actors rather than as a sum of capabilities. The chapter identifies what constitutes the domain, scope, base, amount and the means of the Visegrad Group's power. The gradual transformation of the Visegrad Group from policy-taker to policy-maker was recognized in the 2011 Bratislava Declaration, which laid out several concrete and articulate objectives the Group sought to achieve on the European scene, both in the European Union itself and in its Eastern, as well as, Southeastern neighborhoods. The declaration, however, came more of as an acknowledgment of already ongoing processes and cooperation rather than with the intention to set completely new directions.
