New Dimensions of Polish Foreign Policy: the North and South Vectors and the South-East Alternative
The notion of Europe extending only along the East-West axis continues to dominate Polish thinking. Poles are slowly becoming aware, however, that the historical breakthrough of 1989 makes it possible -- and even mandatory -- to think of many new dimensions of Europe undergoing unification. Poland...
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Veröffentlicht in: | The Polish quarterly of international affairs 2009-10, Vol.18 (4), p.21 |
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Zusammenfassung: | The notion of Europe extending only along the East-West axis continues to dominate Polish thinking. Poles are slowly becoming aware, however, that the historical breakthrough of 1989 makes it possible -- and even mandatory -- to think of many new dimensions of Europe undergoing unification. Poland's space for negotiating or voicing initiatives is considerably wider than the deeply rooted historical patterns would seem to indicate. Poland needs to understand that in addition to the East-West dimension there is a new, North-South, dimension, comprising the regions of the Baltic Sea, Central Europe, the Balkans, the Black Sea and Turkey. The new geopolitical situation facing Poland after 1989 is to a large extent connected with the process of European integration. This should encourage us to reflect on the dimensions of Poland's foreign policy, analyzing if the dimensions that are of limited importance today should not perhaps be treated in an innovative manner, as they might determine directions of profound, if not fundamental, significance for Poland. |
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ISSN: | 1230-4999 2545-1901 |