Poland’s Policy Towards the United States
Poland’s Policy Towards the United States

Summary/Abstract: The main determinants of Poland’s foreign policy towards the United States included the new American president and the resulting implications from the objectives of the incoming administration. With the start of his term in January 2017, Donald Trump left his domestic political partners and American allies with a high degree of speculation about his administration’s’ future foreign policy. Since Trump had never held any public, civil or military function prior to becoming president, predictions about his actions were almost exclusively made based on his rhetoric during the campaign period and decisions about his transition team staff and personnel directly appointed to the government. The president’s approach to building relations with Russia was particularly troubling and alarming for Polish interests. Trump, referring to plans to end the U.S. involvement in ending the civil war in Syria, described Russia as America’s “rival” and a key state in the future foreign policy of his administration.

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