Kierunki ewolucji europejskiego systemu międzynarodowego w pierwszej i drugiej dekadzie XXI wieku
Directions of international system evolution in the first two decades of 21st century

Summary/Abstract: The objective of the paper is to indicate the main, according to the author, tendencies in evolution of international system in Europe in the first two decades of 21st century. The author elaborates on the most important tendencies observed in foreign policies of selected countries, which fulfill the role of international powers. He analyses their bilateral and multilateral relations, evolution of their positions on the international arena and the tendencies observed in the European Union (EU) and NATO. In his analysis, the author emphasizes the following aspects of tendencies in the evolution of the European international system: maintenance of a few security zones; NATO enlargement process and the evolution of its functions and strategy; evolution of the European political map; increase of disintegration tendencies in the EU (concomitance of a few crises); exacerbation of geopolitical rivalry of countries in the post‑Soviet area (mainly in Ukraine) and the growth of Germany and Russia as international powers.

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