Poland’s Policy Towards the United Kingdom
Poland’s Policy Towards the United Kingdom

Summary/Abstract: The most important long-term determinants of Poland’s policy towards the United Kingdom in 2017 were their joint membership of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), economic ties worth some PLN 104 billion, and the presence in that country of one of the largest Polish communities abroad. In the analysed period, the UK remained one of Poland’s most important allies, due to its military, technological, and financial potential, as well as similar defence policy objectives. While Poland’s policy towards the UK was also influenced by the asymmetry of the economic and political capacity of the two countries, this was mitigated by the restriction on British freedom of action on the EU forum resulting from the process of leaving the EU (Brexit).

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