Konstytucja Federacji Środkowo-Europejskiej jako wyraz integracyjnego idealizmu w budowie systemu regionalnego bezpieczeństwa w myśli politycznej polskiego wychodźstwa w XX wieku
Constitution of the Central European Federation as a Sign of Integrational Idealism in the Formation of a Regional Safety System as Seen in the Political Views of Polish Emigration in the 20th Century

Summary/Abstract: During and after the Second World War, representatives of Central and Eastern European nations oppressed by the totalitarian regimes attempted to lobby for alternative projects of Old Continent integration that were to form the basis for discussion on the future of a global safety system after liberating the region from the Soviet domination. In the presented paper, the author describes one of these projects, the Constitution of Central European Federation, in the political and legal context, verifies, on its basis, the hypotheses and the theory of international politics, and tries to answer a question concerning the causes for failure of this proposal for system changes, as well as other options. Considerations follow the definition of the notion of national interest, understood in the categories of power, which helps to read reasons behind actions pursued by various entities. In conclusion, it is emphasised that the idealistic paradigm evoking natural laws and reflected in the expression of “peace through law” was replaced by force used effectively to achieve the set goals, and the Polish emigration milieus were too optimistic about the methods of solving conflicts of that time, without noticing its full meaning and without noticing that law, justice, and morality started to lose their importance in international relations when juxtaposed with political realism whose paradigm had its moment of a great triumph.

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