The Realist Thought and the Security of Poland in the Context of Contemporary Polish-Us and Polish-Russian Foreign Relations Cover Image

Myśl realistyczna a bezpieczeństwo Polski w kontekście współczesnych relacji z Federacją Rosyjską i Stanami Zjednoczonymi
The Realist Thought and the Security of Poland in the Context of Contemporary Polish-Us and Polish-Russian Foreign Relations

Author(s): Paweł Lesiński
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, History, International relations/trade, Security and defense, Military policy
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Marii Curie-Sklodowskiej
Keywords: realism; Poland; USA; Russia; Morgenthau; Carr; Waltz; security

Summary/Abstract: The main purpose of the submitted article is to refer the realism doctrine to the contemporary Polish-Us and Polish-Russian foreign relations and to prove that the doctrine of realism is the most appropriate to provide the security for Poland. In order to bring closer the background of realism thought, in the first part, the author presents and describes its the most important precursors and their achievements beginning from antiquity. In the second part the author attempts to describe the thought of the 20th century realists like Edward H. Carr, Hans Morgenthau and Kenneth Waltz. In the third and the last part, the rules of the realism doctrine presented above are being referred to the current security problems in Polish-Us and Polish-Russian foreign relations.

  • Issue Year: 63/2016
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 99-117
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: Polish