| ID | 153376 |
| Title Proper | Poland’s foreign-policy turn |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Zwolski, Kamil |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Following its 2015 parliamentary and presidential elections, Poland has reversed its consistently pro-European foreign policy, marking a radical departure from its post-1989 course. Whether this turn is the result of some well-developed strategy, or merely a natural extension of illiberal domestic reforms introduced by the new government, is irrelevant.1 What matters is the outcome. Poland is no longer an engine of European integration, nor does it seem to value its relationships with Germany and France. Instead, the new government has pledged to revive an interwar alliance of central and eastern European (CEE) states, which Poland, as the largest country of that region, would naturally lead. To justify this revolution, it has deployed the familiar claim that Poland must protect its sovereignty and national interest against Brussels and Berlin. In particular, Poland must defend itself against the European Union’s (EU) unchristian, liberal values; against German economic domination; and against being forced to accept migrants and refugees professing non-Christian faiths. |
| `In' analytical Note | Survival : the IISS Quarterly Vol. 59, No.4; Aug-Sep 2017: p.167-182 |
| Journal Source | Survival Vol: 59 No 4 |
| Key Words | Poland ; Democracy ; Europe ; Foreign Policy ; Brexit |