Poland’s foreign policy in the 21st century: goals, challenges, directions, opportunities and threats

Abstract

This article is devoted to Poland's foreign policy in the 21st century. It
shows its goals, directions, determinants as well as opportunities and threats
against the background of progressing globalization and the emerging new
international order. I pay special attention to external threats to the Polish
raison d'état and ways to prevent them, including through alliances and the
development of cooperation with major actors in the international arena,
both in Europe and globally. The most important task for Poland's foreign
policy today is to strengthen our position and role in the Euro-Atlantic system,
in NATO and the European Union.
The main thesis is that Poland's foreign policy should be active and reach
far beyond Europe. It should be based on the Euro-Atlantic system and
close relations with Germany, France, Great Britain, and the United States.
An important role in Polish foreign policy should also be played by cooperation
with the Visegrad Group countries and within the Weimar Triangle.

Polish foreign policy should also aim to improve the relations with Russia
and China, which in the 21st century, alongside the United States, will be the
main pillars of the new international order.