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Poland can do better in the international rivalry. What does that rivalry look like?

Radosław Sikorski (Former Minister of Foreign Affairs (2007–2014) and Marshal of the Sejm (2014–2015); Senior Fellow, Harvard CES) – a conversation dated 9 February 2019 on “Poland can do better in the international rivalry. What does that rivalry look like?”. Format: video interview. Interviewer: Igor Miasnikow.

  • 9 February 2019
  • Video recording for the Historyczny ambasador blog in connection with Edition III of GGM (co-organised with the HaZet Student Research Club); published 13 February 2019
  • video interview
Conference context: Edition III (2019)

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FROM:
IGOR MIASNIKOW
TO:
RADOSŁAW SIKORSKI – Former Minister of Foreign Affairs (2007–2014) and Marshal of the Sejm (2014–2015); Senior Fellow, Harvard CES
DATE:
9 February 2019
SUBJECT:
Poland can do better in the international rivalry. What does that rivalry look like?
CONTEXT:
Video recording for the Historyczny ambasador blog in connection with Edition III of GGM (co-organised with the HaZet Student Research Club); published 13 February 2019
FORMAT:
video interview

A conversation on the possible return of land-power politics, US policy towards its rivals in Eurasia and the quality of the Polish–American alliance, Russia's and Germany's relations with Poland, projects strengthening Poland's connections with Europe, the Polish diplomatic service, the value of developing geopolitics in Poland, and the Middle East conference in Warsaw (February 2019). The master's thesis draws on, among other things, his arguments about the offshore-balancing strategy, the structural financial problems of the United States and the importance of digital skills in the global division of labour.

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Used in: master's thesis (2019)

Sources (3)
  1. YouTube – kanał Historyczny Ambasador, „Minister Radosław Sikorski: Polska może być lepsza w rywalizacji międzynarodowej…” (opens in a new tab)
  2. Historyczny ambasador (blog Igora Miasnikowa), „Wywiad z Ministrem Spraw Zagranicznych RP Radosławem Sikorskim (28.02.2019)” (opens in a new tab)
  3. Uniwersytet Gdański (maszynopis udostępniony przez autora), „I. Miasnikow, Geostrategia i projekty gospodarcze jako determinanty polityki zagranicznej Federacji Rosyjskiej w Eurazji, praca magisterska, Wydział Ekonomiczny UG, Sopot 2019 – sekcja „Wywiady autora oraz prelekcje ekspertów z organizowanych konferencji przez autora””

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