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The withdrawal of the Polish contingent should be carried out so that it does not destabilise the situation in the Polish area of responsibility. Political consequences and the significance of the withdrawal of the troops will depend on a few factors: the international position of Poland and its previous role in the coalition, as well as on the circumstances, reasons for and method of implementing...
The role of Poland in the European Union depends largely on how we shape our relations with Russia. The relations between Poland and Russia are difficult, and apart from the Northern Gas Pipeline, there is another pipeline that has significant meaning, the one that does not run on the bottom of the Baltic Sea but through history textbooks and the memory of Polish families. For Russians, Poland constitutes...
Polish political activity towards the Western Balkans has been very limited in the last dozen years. According to the experts participating in the debate, Poland should spare no effort to build its own strong position in the region. The approaching EU membership of the Balkan states will have a significant impact on the balance of forces in the EU decision-making process, which is why the negligence...
If we decide to entrust the entirety of the European policy to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, it should bring his stronger position in the Council of Ministers through the rank of Deputy Prime Minister - as the Director of the Polish Institute of International Affairs proposed.
The rapid changes in international economic relations at the turn of the 21st century have brought about a significant increase of the role of economic foreign policy, and the term of economic diplomacy as its instrument is gaining new meaning, of a much broader scope than before.
In 2007, Poland was confronted with the challenge of defining its own interests in the process of EU reform and the development of the new basic treaty. The Polish government undertook an attempt to conduct foreign policy in a different way than what we were used to after 1989. It was to be an assertive policy, one that effectively defended Polish interests. What have we learned in the aftermath about...
The authors address the nature of the notion of 'strategic partnership' and of its abuse in today's international relations. They analyze the state of Polish-French relations as well as sense of continued cooperation as part of the Weimar Triangle. They agree that the present situation does not require the creation of new structures for bilateral cooperation. Despite clear differences in the Polish...
This article describes circumstances in which the Polish accession to NATO was prepared in the Federal Republic of Germany 1996-1999. It presents the attitude to NATO enlargement of German politicians and governing elites during the H. Kohl and G. Schröder governments and the connection between this attitude and Germany's political relations with Poland, France, Great Britain, the United States and...
The article presents the programme and actions of the mainstream Solidarity movement which is understood as including the groups linked to the '60' and the subsequent Civic Committee of the Solidarity Chairman, the Solidarity National Executive Committee, and the Freedom and Peace (WiP) movement. The starting point is provided by discussions to work out a foreign policy concept held in the opposition...
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