Power, Security and the Past
Polish-German Relations in the Context of EU and Nato Enlargements
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6262803 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marcin Zaborowski (0000-0001-9153-3213, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 165-188 |
| Publication date | 2002-08-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | German Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0964-4008 • E-ISSN: 1743-8993 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/714001282 |
| OpenAlex | W2028462087 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
This article attempts to answer 'why' Poland and Germany pursued EU and NATO enlargement in the ways they did and why their strategic interests converged in support for enlargement. Two broad explanations are 'power maximisation', stressing rational notions of economic and security interests, and 'historical legacies', pointing to the importance of historical factors and national predispositions or political cultures in shaping German and Polish perspectives on enlargement and European integration. Germany's inbred attachment to multilateralism gelled with Poland's post-1989 desire to return to Europe, which resulted in a common position on enlargement. However, this would not necessarily endure in the long run, as has been indicated more recently in Polish-German discord over the issue of European federalism and the future shape of integration
Context (archaeology · Economic system · Economics · European commission · European integration · European union · German · International trade · Multilateralism · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Position (finance · Power (physics · Resizing · Sociology · Eastern European Communism and Reforms · Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics · History · Law · Polish Historical and Cultural Studies
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2017 - 2026 (10) |
| Highly cited | No |