Poland’s External Security in the Political Thought of Selected Extra-parliamentary National Circles: The Period of Full-scale Ukrainian-Russian Conflict
Poland’s External Security in the Political Thought of Selected Extra-parliamentary National Circles: The Period of Full-scale Ukrainian-Russian Conflict

Summary/Abstract: The author of the article presents his definition ofthe external threat, then he analyses the politicalthought of two nationalist political circles (thecircles of the “Myśl Polska” weekly magazine andthe periodical “Polityka Narodowa”) during thefull-scale Ukrainian-Russian conflict and in theyears immediately preceding it. It should be em-phasised that both circles consider themselves tobe continuators of the same nationalist movement,namely, the National Democracy and its leaderRoman Dmowski. The main objective of thearticle is to identify the most important externalthreats to the Polish state. Threats in the formof other state actors are taken into account. Theauthor concludes that the attitude towards Rus-sia, and by extension the conflict in Ukraine, hasbecome a fundamental axis of contention betweenthe two communities. This affects the perceptionof Poland’s external security arrangements.

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