ZHAO Yanxia, TANG Gengtian

(№.4,2013)

Abstract: In the early 21 st century, with Poland’s accession to NATO, Eastern problem became prominent. An
active eastern policy became a prior foreign policy. In the 21 st century, Poland’s eastern policy still kept Russia as the center, which was decided by complex factors at home and abroad like geopolitics, practical interests, historical accumulation, cultural tradition, elite crew’s policy principle and public mood. Preventing Russian threaten was the main strategic idea, which also decided Poland’s policies toward Ukraine, Belarus and the Southern Caucasus, and other Central Asian Eastern Europe countries. EU and U.S.A. became Poland’s main relay powers to push “eastern policy”. Therefore, the “Polonization” of EU’s “eastern policy” was the best way to realize its own “eastern policy”.
Keywords: Poland; eastern policy; restricting factor