TY - JOUR
T1 - Polish national security dilemmas
T2 - The us missile defense complex and its role in polish foreign policy
AU - Śliwiński, Krzysztof
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2012 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2012/4
Y1 - 2012/4
N2 - This article examines fundamental dilemmas concerning contemporary Polish Security Policy. Firstly, it addresses the question of the US missile defense complex and its place in Polish politics. Secondly, it employs Foreign Policy Analysis tools with special attention to the agency-structure nexus. Specifically, it analyzes three distinct dimensions: intentional, dispositional, and structural. The author claims that Polish attitudes toward US missile defense are a result of Polish-US and Polish-Russian relations. Although evidence suggests that public attitudes toward the US missile defense complex in Poland are affected by the threat of international terrorism, the issue should be seen within a broader geopolitical perspective.
AB - This article examines fundamental dilemmas concerning contemporary Polish Security Policy. Firstly, it addresses the question of the US missile defense complex and its place in Polish politics. Secondly, it employs Foreign Policy Analysis tools with special attention to the agency-structure nexus. Specifically, it analyzes three distinct dimensions: intentional, dispositional, and structural. The author claims that Polish attitudes toward US missile defense are a result of Polish-US and Polish-Russian relations. Although evidence suggests that public attitudes toward the US missile defense complex in Poland are affected by the threat of international terrorism, the issue should be seen within a broader geopolitical perspective.
KW - Complex
KW - Defence
KW - Missile
KW - Polish
KW - Security
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84862287134&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/17419166.2012.681602
DO - 10.1080/17419166.2012.681602
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:84862287134
SN - 1741-9166
VL - 8
SP - 191
EP - 212
JO - Democracy and Security
JF - Democracy and Security
IS - 2
ER -