Geopolityczne koncepcje w polsko-litewskiej pierwszej Rzeczypospolitej i w drugiej Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej
Geopolitical concepts in the Polish-Lithuanian First Commonwealth and in the Second Polish Commonwealth

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this article is to explain the evolving geopolitical concepts thatinfluenced the direction of foreign policy during the First and the SecondCommonwealth. In particular, the article examines the concepts developed during thereigns of the Jagiellonian dynasty, the elected kings of the Vasa dynasty, and MarshalJózef Piłsudski. The author defined the geopolitical concepts guiding individualrulers/governments based on the directions of their foreign policies. He then comparedthem with selected ideas of Polish geopoliticians: Wacław Nałkowski, EugeniuszRomer, and Adolf Bocheński, which allowed him to assess the degree of politicaleffectiveness of these competing concepts.

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