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Military challenges for Poland's strategy in the global great-power game

Waldemar Skrzypczak (Lt. Gen. (ret.); Commander of the Land Forces 2006–2009; Senior Fellow, Casimir Pulaski Foundation) – a conversation dated 9 April 2019 on “Military challenges for Poland's strategy in the global great-power game”. Format: video interview. Interviewer: Igor Miasnikow.

  • 9 April 2019
  • Video recording for the blog in connection with Edition III of GGM; published 27 April 2019 (channel trailer)
  • video interview
Conference context: Edition III (2019)

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FROM:
IGOR MIASNIKOW
TO:
WALDEMAR SKRZYPCZAK – Lt. Gen. (ret.); Commander of the Land Forces 2006–2009; Senior Fellow, Casimir Pulaski Foundation
DATE:
9 April 2019
SUBJECT:
Military challenges for Poland's strategy in the global great-power game
CONTEXT:
Video recording for the blog in connection with Edition III of GGM; published 27 April 2019 (channel trailer)
FORMAT:
video interview

The questions covered the struggle for Eurasia's transport hubs and US power projection, the confrontational nature of American policy, the New Silk Road and the policy of “perfidious Albion”, the world's drift towards polycentrism, the arms trade, the reforms of the Russian army (an army built for regional conflict), the risk of a Russian strike on Donbas or Latvia during a conflict in the South China Sea, the likely axes of attack on Poland, the significance of the war in Ukraine, the Homar and Wisła programmes, and the assessment of Polish soldiers in NATO. The master's thesis cites, among other things, scenarios of amphibious landings on the coast and of thrusts from Suwałki towards Płock and from Brest towards Warsaw.

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Used in: master's thesis (2019)

Sources (3)
  1. YouTube – kanał Historyczny Ambasador, „Generał Skrzypczak: Wyzwania militarne dla strategii Polski…” (opens in a new tab)
  2. Historyczny ambasador (blog Igora Miasnikowa), „Generał Skrzypczak: Wyzwania militarne dla strategii Polski w kontekście globalnej grze mocarstw (27.04.2019)” (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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