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Węglarczyk, Bartosz
4 articles of this author have been cited in the European Press Review so far.
Obama's goals unrealistic
No matter how laudable US President Barack Obama's will for disarmament is, the danger of a nuclear attack remains extremely high, writes the liberal daily Gazeta Wyborcza: "Obama's idea of a world without nuclear weapons is all very well and good, but it's unrealistic. Obama himself has said as much, incidentally, admitting that it should be seen as a goal for the world to strive for, but one it will hardly achieve. There will always be states that possess nuclear weapons. To prevent North Korea from building a nuclear arsenal, for example, one would have to topple the regime. But it's senseless to weigh up the pros and cons of such a recourse to violence because such a scenario is totally unrealistic. ... The world should brace itself. Accidentally or intentionally, someone, somewhere is going to deploy a nuclear weapon, or at least a so-called dirty bomb."
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US must remain Poland's partner
After the renunciation of plans to build a missile shield in Central Eastern Europe the US must remain an important partner for Poland, writes Bartosz Węglarczyk in the liberal daily Gazeta Wyborcza: "Poland still needs its strong ally, the US. The missile shield was to be the basis and now we'll have to wait for some kind of replacement. After the White House's decision yesterday not to build the missile defence shield in Poland and the Czech Republic relations between Warsaw and Washington will have to change. The year 2009 has proven to be the end of close ties [with the US] which endured for quite a long time - around ten years. Nonetheless, this alliance can and must be continued, albeit on a different basis. America remains the world's number one superpower, even if it is losing ground. And its interests and fundamental values coincide with ours."
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Western Europe does not heed Poland's warning
Poland's left-liberal daily Gazeta Wyborcza criticizes EU-Council President Nicolas Sarkozy as having been too soft on his Russian counterpart Dmitri Medvedev in Moscow. Sarkozy did not speak for Poles: "Old Europe does not listen to Poles, Lithuanians and Ukrainians. Old Europe does not want to mess things up with Russia, and it does not consider the inviolability of Georgia's borders important enough to aggravate relations with Russia. ... We can explain forever that [our position] has nothing to do with Russophobia, but rather with years of experience. So, after Georgia, if the time comes [for Russia] to browbeat Europe over Moldavia and other states, we will happily be able to say 'we told you so.' We will still have our self-respect. Only: Poland's security will be guaranteed by real alliances built on common interests, and not by moral arguments."
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More from the press review on the subject » Security Policy / Crises / War, » EU Policy, » Poland, » Russia, » Europe, » Georgian Republic
Poland and the formation of a government in Ukraine
In Ukraine, the pro-Russian Party of Regions and the pro-Western Our Ukraine party led by current head of state Viktor Yushchenko are negotiating the formation of a government coalition. Bartosz Weglarczyk points out that in the past, the Polish gave its full support to the main figures of the Orange Revolution, and that it should now voice its views on the situation instead of just focusing on its own problems. "Nobody would expect us to take a stance on the situation in the Middle East, but it's vital that we make ourselves heard and visible when it comes to a crisis in our neighbouring country. Yet Poland's diplomats are completely mute – neither the foreign minister nor the prime minister nor the president has said a word about the situation there. The government remains silent on an issue that is of pivotal importance for Poland: whether Ukraine will have a pro-Western government and whether it will continue to strive for EU and NATO membership. They're too busy dealing with their own crisis in Warsaw."
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