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4 articles of this author have been cited in the European Press Review so far.
An end to the US-Polish love affair
Writing on the 70th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II on September 1 the liberal daily Gazeta Wyborcza announces the end of good relations between the US and Poland: "On 12 March 1999 [former Polish foreign minster] Bronisław Geremek declared Poland's accession to Nato. … That was the climax in the Polish-American love affair. But today we face a cooling down - in the form of the withdrawal of the government of [US President Barack] Obama from the agreements with Poland and the Czech Republic for a missile defence shield. And because the US is sending [former US defence secretary] William Perry, a political nobody in Washington, and General [and US security advisor] James Jones to attend the celebrations marking the 70th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II, which after all was an important event not just for Poland but for the entire world. The latter is an important man, but he's only coming after Poland kicked up a big fuss."
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More from the press review on the subject » International Relations, » Security Policy / Crises / War, » Poland, » Czech Republic, » U.S.
An important message to Russia
The Polish and US government have reached a consensus for the construction of a missile defence shield in Poland and signed an interim agreement in Warsaw yesterday. The online edition of the Polish daily Gazeta Wyborcza welcomes the move and establishes a connection with the Caucasus conflict. "Contrary to the official version presented by Prime Minister Tusk and the US State Department, the war in Georgia played a key role in accelerating the Polish-American negotiations on the defence shield. It is the war that has prompted Tusk to give the go-ahead for the signing of the agreement. ... And this is a good thing. This agreement is a recognition of the reality of the situation - the US is and must remain Poland's most important ally. In the present situation this move is an important message to the Russians: in the Caucasus you can fulfil your dream of returning to hegemony. But you can forget your second dream: that central Europe remains a strategic empty space. In Georgia we cannot effectively oppose you but central Europe is and always will be part of the West. ... The negotiations between Warsaw and Washington were lengthy and heated and both sides made mistakes. But the result is commendable - above all considering the insecurity of these times."
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More from the press review on the subject » International Relations, » Security Policy / Crises / War, » Poland, » Russia, » U.S., » Georgian Republic
The murky power struggle in Ukraine
Marcin Bosacki compares Poland's potential to act as middleman in the present governmental crisis in Ukraine with its potential back in the days of the 2004 Orange Revolution. He comes to the sad conclusion that the country has lost its influential role as the EU's Eastern Europe expert. "Neither the Kaczyski brothers nor even Polish Foreign Minister Anna Fotyga are making any serious attempts to win the opposition's support for their foreign policy. Nor are they in a position to persuade Europe of the advantages of Poland's vision of a European policy for Ukraine, because they themselves are regarded as a problem by most of their partners within the Union... Even the 'Oranges' themselves now prefer the Germans rather than the Poles in the role of their advocates in the West. 'Perhaps they're less enthusiastic about our cause than you are, but they have much more clout in Europe,' is what the diplomats in Kiev are saying."
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More from the press review on the subject » International Relations, » EU Policy, » Poland, » Ukraine
Bronislaw Geremek on Poland's alliance with the US
Bronislaw Geremek, Polish liberal MEP and former foreign minister, says the Polish government and President Lech Kaczynski are attaching too much importance to an alliance with the US. "In my opinion, the Polish government's view that the US should be Poland's most important ally is an illusion. All our interests are tied up with Europe. Our future depends on Poland's position within Europe. As a European country, it's in our interest that America and the Western world - which share common values, but not common interests - remain a real point of reference. Nonetheless I am sorry to see that anti-Americanism has taken hold among most of Europe's elites over the past few years."
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