"Poland's Foreign Policy after 1989"

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INTRODUCTION 7

I. POLAND’S FOREIGN POLICY BEFORE 1989 13

1. The Foreign Policy of the Second Republic of Poland 14

2. The External Relations of the People’s Republic of Poland 23

3. Foreign Policy in the Programmes of the Democratic Opposition 36

1. An International Turning Point: The 1989 Spring of Nations 43

II. 1989–1992: REGAINING SOVEREIGNTY 43

Internal Transformations 48

Transforming the Basics of Poland’s Foreign Policy 52

The First Important Steps 58

2. The European Direction 64

Bilateral Relations with Western European States 64

Association with the European Communities 70

3. Central-Eastern Europe. The New Regionalism and Relationswith the East 76

The Renaissance of Central Europe 77

The Third Republic’s Policy Towards the East 82

4. Security During Transition 95

The CSCE in Poland’s Security Policy 98

Development of Relations with the USA 102

NATO 108

5. Other Challenges 114

1. Security First 125

III. SECURITY: THE BATTLE FOR THE ATLANTIC, 1993–1998 125

The Battle for NATO 126

Other Aspects of Foreign Security Policy 137

2. European Policy 150

Struggle for the Right to EU Membership 150

Bilateral Relations with Selected Western European Countries 161

3. Policy Towards Central and Eastern Europe 170

Policy Towards the Post-Soviet Union Countries 170

Policy Towards the Changing Central Europe 182

Bilateral Relations with the Countries of the Region 183

4. Other Issues 188

Poland in the UN 193

Poland’s External Economic Relations 197

IV. EUROPE, EUROPE – POLAND ENTERS THE EU, 1998–2002 204

1. Accession to the European Union 205

EU’s Preparation for the Enlargement 205

Membership Negotiations 209

How Much Poland in What EU? 223

Bilateral Relations with EU Member States 229

2. Security: Poland Stretches Its Wings 239

New Poland in the Changed Alliance 239

“Mature Strategic Partnership” with the USA? 247

Other Security Policy Issues 255

3. Improving Relations with the East 257

Better Atmosphere in Relations with Russia 257

Sisyphean Labour in Relations with Ukraine 265

No Change in Relations with Belarus 271

Gentle Twilight of Central Europe 273

4. Other Problems 278

Non-European Countries in Poland’s Foreign Policy 278

Poland’s Involvement in the UN Reform Initiatives 283

Foreign Economic Policy – Initial Results 288

1. The New Context to the Foreign Policy 294

V. TRAPS IN THE FIGHT FOR A STRONG POSITION, 2003–2007 294

2. Poland in the EU – Lacking Both Vision and Allies 306

3. Towards the Americanisation of Poland’s Security Policy 324

4. The Eastern Policy – Prometheism in Reverse 338

CLOSING: A DIFFICULT FREEDOM 353

EPILOGUE, OR A RETURN TO NORMALCY 364

INDEX 369