Motivations, obstacles and complications on the path of Polish diplomacy to an alliance with Romania. Reflections on the 100th anniversary of the Polish-Romanian military alliance of 1921
Motivations, obstacles and complications on the path of Polish diplomacy to an alliance with Romania. Reflections on the 100th anniversary of the Polish-Romanian military alliance of 1921

Summary/Abstract: The article is a kind of reflection on the occasion of the centenary of the Polish-Romanian military alliance and tries to discuss the problems that Poland faced on the path to this alliance. We can safely say that the process started between Warsaw and Bucharest in 1918-1921 was one of the pillars of Polish foreign policy in the interwar period. The article presents the motivations of the Polish military spheres that were at the source of Poland’s rapprochement with Romania, but above all the obstacles and complications that emerged on the path to the alliance formed in March 1921. It was mainly about Ukrainian matters, the threat from the Bolsheviks, the problem of Polish-Czech and Polish-Hungarian relations, Romania’s frequently changing foreign policy priorities. As shown in the article, based largely on the analysis of sources, Poland was dependent on the alliance with Romania than vice versa, and it was the Polish side that was more active.

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