Polityka zagraniczna RP „w pułapce”
Poland's foreign policy in a trap
Author(s): Agnieszka Bieńczyk-MissalaSubject(s): Politics, Economy, Geography, Regional studies, Sociology, Political history, Social history, Geopolitics
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Scholar Sp. z o.o.
Keywords: Poland’s foreign policy; Poland’s security policy; European Union; NATO; The Visegrad Group; Ukraine; Belarus; Russian Federation; United States; Israel; China; PESCO – Permanent Structural Cooperatio
Summary/Abstract: The article discusses Poland’s foreign policy in 2017/2018. It shows how internalpolicy (inter alia: the reform of the judicial system, the amendment of the NationalRemembrance Institute law) affected international criticism, Poland’s image, andits external activity. The European Commission launched the rule of law controlmechanism and triggered art. 7 TUE. Bilateral relations in Europe lost their intensity.Poland was focused on the development of the cooperation in the framework of theVisehrad Group and the Three Sea Initiative. The article also provides an analysis ofPoland’s security policy and of Polish-US relations. It explains how Poland’s Easternpolicy was determined by historical factors, especially in its relations with Ukraine.Poland also put some effort into the development of cooperation with extra-Europeanstates, including China.
Journal: Rocznik Strategiczny
- Issue Year: 2017
- Issue No: 23
- Page Range: 281-296
- Page Count: 16
- Language: Polish
