Główne tendencje ewolucji środowiska międzynarodowego Polski w połowie drugiej dekady XXI wieku

Abstract

The objective of the article is to characterize the main trends in development of contemporaneous international affairs (intensification of globalization processes; raise of autonomous or even separatist tendencies; increase of tendencies described as „clash of civilizations”; evolution of international system from unipolar to multipolar world order; mounting environmental issues) and to discuss the most important, according to the author, tendencies in the political environment surrounding Poland. The international context in which Poland in situated has deteriorated during the last few years; that refers to the country’s close neighborhood as well as Europe on the whole. New elements that emerged in the international affairs led to new dilemmas in Polish foreign policy, including the necessity to choose between continuation of the politics implemented by the Polish government until now or the potential need to modify it (i.e. Polish foreign policy towards Germany and Polish foreign policy towards its Eastern neighbors).