What is it about?
This volume explores the bilateral treaties concluded after 1990 between the Republic of Poland and its neighbouring states (Germany, then-Czechoslovakia, Ukraine, the Russian Federation, Belarus and Lithuania), known as treaties on neighbourly relations or good neighbourhood treaties. This book analyses the consequences of these treaties and addresses a variety of issues, including security policy and cooperation, migration, national minority rights, economic cooperation, education, and cross-border cooperation.
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Why is it important?
At the beginning of the 1990s, Poland and the countries adjacent to it, that is, Germany, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania, and Russia, had to organise their mutual relations in the political, security, social, and various other spheres. That is why Poland and its neighbours entered into treaties, known as ‘treaties on neighbourly relations’ or ‘good neighbourhood treaties’, aimed at facilitating their overall bilateral relations in the years to come. These treaties, through which Poland and its neighbours were able to establish their political, security and social relations, were extremely significant in that they provided a unique way for them to organise their interstate post-Cold War relations.
Perspectives
Working on this volume was a great pleasure as its topic is timely and interesting. The period of time since Poland concluded good neighbourhood treaties with its neighbours can be characterised as one in which the mutual relations initiated by the provisions of particular treaties have changed and evolved. Step by step, new areas of mutual cooperation have opened up where possible.
Dr. habil. Karina Paulina Marczuk
University of Warsaw
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-12615-5.
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Good Neighbourhood Treaties of Poland after 1990
The volume that I edited explores the bilateral treaties concluded after 1990 between the Republic of Poland and its neighbouring states (Germany, then-Czechoslovakia, Ukraine, the Russian Federation, Belarus and Lithuania), known as treaties on neighbourly relations or good neighbourhood treaties. These treaties, through which Poland and its neighbours were able to establish their political, security and social relations, were extremely significant in that they provided a unique way for them to organise their interstate post-Cold War relations. This book analyses the consequences of these treaties and addresses a variety of issues, including security policy and cooperation, migration, national minority rights, economic cooperation, education, and cross-border cooperation.
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Good Neighbourhood Treaties of Poland Political, Security and Social Relations
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