Dealing with a Juggernaut: Analyzing Poland's Policy towards Russia, 1989D2009, by Joanna A. Gorska, is the first substantial study of Poland's foreign policy interaction with its more powerful eastern neighbor, Russia. This study is essential to understanding the prospects for order and peace in Central and Eastern Europe towards Russia during the past twenty years. Gorska challenges widely established interpretations of Poland's post-1989 foreign policy by arguing that consecutive Polish governments pursued a largely cooperative policy towards Russia and did so because of material power considerations, namely Poland's strengthened power position after the Cold War and moderate security pressures from Russia. In analyzing Polish foreign policy, Dealing with a Juggernaut draws on leading theories in the field of International Relations and Foreign Policy Analysis and develops a comprehensive theoretical framework to guide empirical research. Representing a cross-section of politically important areas in Poland's most recent Russia policy, the analysis is delineated along four case studies: the Soviet military withdrawal from Poland in the early 1990s, the NATO issue in Polish policy towards Russia, Polish energy policy towards Moscow, and the Katyn question in Polish foreign policy. This book uses previously unpublished archival material, interviews with leading Polish officials, and a wealth of Polish publications to provide an insight into Warsaw's foreign policy behavior. Gorska points to a departure from hostility and imposition_a significant change in Poland's policy towards Russia after 1989. As such, Dealing with a Juggernaut, by Joanna A. Gorska, uncovers important mechanisms of regional cooperation between states with a checkered past.
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Edition
1/2012
Copyright Year
2012
ISBN-Print
978-0-7391-4532-6
ISBN-Online
978-0-7391-4534-0
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
228
Product Type
Monograph
Table of contents
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Table of Contents No access
Figures No access
Abbreviations No access
Acknowledgments No access
Guide to Polish Pronunciation No access
Guide to Russian Transliteration No access
Chapter 1: What, Why, and How No access Pages 1 - 30
Chapter 2: Soviet Military Withdrawal from Poland No access Pages 31 - 62
Chapter 3: The NATO Issue in Polish Policy towards Russia No access Pages 63 - 100
Chapter 4: Poland's Energy Policy towards Russia No access Pages 101 - 142
Chapter 5: The KatyńIssue in Polish Policy towards Russia No access Pages 143 - 178
