Main problems of Russian-Polish relations
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8400359Keywords:
Ukraine, Republic of Poland, World War II, Eastern Europe, Russia, new foreign policy, Russian-Polish relations, European Union, Soviet UnionAbstract
The article has examined Poland’s relations since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Moscow has always opposed Poland’s policy of supporting independence and developing democracies in countries such as Ukraine or Georgia, and for this reason, relations between Poland and Russia have been tense and conflicting since the early 1990s. The new order in the international environment provided favorable conditions for domestic political changes but created new challenges and threats. The emergence of a united Germany (a European superpower) and Russia (a country with many domestic problems, pursuing a neo-imperial policy) in this environment has created a serious strategic challenge for Poland’s foreign policy. These circumstances also raised an old dilemma regarding the geopolitical position of Poland between Germany and Russia. However, the biggest problems between the two countries have arrived since the beginning of the full-scale Russian-Ukrainian war and the active aid of Poland to Ukraine.
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