Geopolityczne strategie państw mniejszych i peryferyjnych – przykład Polski w Unii Europejskiej
GEOPOLITICAL STRATEGIES OF MINOR AND PERIPHERAL STATES: THE EXAMPLE OF POLAND IN THE EUROPEAN UNION

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the article is to analyse the strategic choices made in internationalrelations by minor states, that is those that are not considered great powers, withspecial focus on members of integration structures. The analysis concerns inparticular countries that are considered peripheral, having a very weak position in the international system due to both their geographical location and small geopoliticalpotential. The article is divided into two major parts. The first one points out themost important threads in the theoretical discussion about the geopolitical roleof minor and peripheral countries. In the second part the author verifies the keyconclusions from this debate concerning the example of Poland, and specificallyPoland’s policy in the European Union as well as other foreign policy measurestaken by the Polish authorities.

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