Implikacje stosunków polsko-amerykań-skich dla polityki zagranicznej Polski
Implications of Polish-American relations for Poland’s foreign policy

Summary/Abstract: Close Polish-American relations have an impact on shaping the objectives of Poland’s foreign policy, as well as the choice of methods and measures used in this policy. Polish relations with the United States boil down mainly to security issues. The 1990s witnessed the visible primacy of political and diplomatic measures, and Poland gradually applied a bandwagoning strategy in relations with the United States. Over time, this strategy has led to the identification of our national interests with the interests of the United States. This prompted Poland to unconditionally support the US military intervention in Iraq, and to participate in the war in Afghanistan. More and more clearly, Poland began to present – based on a realistic paradigm – an understanding of security and a preference for military resources and instruments, whether its own, the coalition’s (NATO) or the US’s. Polish-American relations have a major im- pact also on the position and international roles of Poland, with the role as a US satellite standing out.

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