Polish Foreign Policy Reconsidered: Challenges Of Independence

This timely collection of essays surveys the evolution of Polish foreign policy since the collapse of communism in the context of the country's history, its geopolitical constraints, and the changing post-Cold War international system. The book explores Polish domestic debates after 1989 and their impact on the emerging consensus in Warsaw on foreign policy priorities. It discusses the country's security policy and the ongoing military reform process to assess the prospects for Poland's inclusion in the Western security system, especially NATO. It analyzes Poland's relations with Western Europe, particularly Germany, and the emerging Polish Ostpolik toward Russia and the Soviet successor states. The book concludes with an assessment of the degree to which Polish foreign policy has moved away from its historically determined formulae and the extent to which it has remained driven by the nation's past.