Poland : History, Politics, United States Partner

Historically religion has usually been a large part of civilizations, states, nations, and cultures. In Poland the case is no different; religion has been engraved in the culture and history of Polish people. Since the introduction of Catholicism In Poland has grown largely and more homogenously Catholic. It can be argued that this was manufactured at the end of the Second World War; through the holocaust and forced migrations by the Soviet Union. The significance of Poland’s strong ties to the Catholic Church is that the church plays a large role in the structure of polish society. The Catholic Church has served as a protector and promoter of polish culture during the times Poland vanished off the map, to the struggles for democracy. As Poland fought to rid them of Soviet influence and become a free democratic society with free elections that Catholic Church played a key role in helping the fall of communism in Poland. However from an alternative angle it can be said that art a music movements were also a key fundamental influence in the fall of communism in Poland. Although entirely opposite, both artistic expression and religion were two institutions of culture that both played significant roles in Poland’s rise to freedom. However it is clear from the work of many musicians, poets and

Prior to the onset of WWII, conditions throughout occupied Poland & Belarus varied greatly. In some areas, especially in eastern Poland, which the Soviet Union invaded in 1939, and subsequently "formally" annexed, the situation was particularly volatile.1

Although many people viewed World War I as a war that consisted of “bloody, pointless warfare,” the Polish people - in Europe and in the United States - viewed the Great War as an opportunity to finally liberate their Old Country. At the start of the First World War, “the old Polish Commonwealth” had been under Russian, Prussian, and Austrian partitions for more than one hundred years. Under the control of these powers, the Polish country vanished off of the European map and the Polish people were greatly mistreated. The country of the Polish people only existed in their imaginations, as “a political fantasy of the past.” Fortunately, the dream of liberating Poland became something that the Poles greatly strived for during the Great War. The Polish immigrants in the United States, especially those in Chicago, did everything they could in order to help the Polish cause.

Warsaw Pact Formed- In 1949, the expansion of the communist party and insurgents led to the United States and 11 other US affiliated nations to form NATO, The North Atlantic Treaty Organization. As a result of this organization forming, The Soviets in May 14, 1955 formed the Warsaw Pact with several other communist affiliated countries in the presidential Palace in Warsaw. The Warsaw Pact was very worried about the increasing political power of Nato, and wished to establish peaceful connections as well as full and total domination of West Germany. The original members of the Warsaw Pact were: The Soviet Union, Albania, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania, and the German Democratic Republic. The Warsaw Pact also called to support

The USSR combined its control over the states of the Eastern Bloc while the United States began a strategy of global containment to challenge Soviet power, extending military and financial aid to the countries of Western Europe (for example, supporting the anti-Communist side in the Greek Civil War) and creating the NATO alliance. The Berlin Blockade (1948–49) was the first major crisis of the Cold War.

After Joseph Stalin’s death in 1953, Nikita Khrushchev emerged as Communist Party leader and later premier of the Soviet Union. Khrushchev denounced Stalin and his policies, and he instituted a program of “de-Stalinization” that restored legal procedures, reduced the threat of the secret police and closed labor camps. Soviet relations with the rest of the world also changed under the leadership of Khrushchev also. Even though Khrushchev believed that communism would ultimately triumph over capitalism, he advocated peaceful coexistence with the West, and called for a reduction of military spending. However, the discontent by the new soviet regime has been increasing in several eastern European countries.

Term- Democracy- After Poland finally gained independence, their goal was to have a democracy. They ran a democracy until Pilsudski seized power in 1923.

In 1990, after the fall of the Berlin Wall, U.S. president George H. W. Bramble through his secretary of state James Baker guaranteed Soviet chief Mikhail Gorbachev that in return for Soviet participation on German reunification, the Cold War time NATO union would not extend "one inch" eastwards towards Russia. Bread cook told Gorbachev: "Look, on the off chance that you expel your 300,000 troops from east Germany and permit unification of Germany in NATO, NATO won't grow one inch toward the east. In the next year, the USSR authoritatively disintegrated itself. Its own particular protective military partnership usually known as the Warsaw Pact had effectively closed down. The Cold War was over.

In a brief 2012 interview with PBS Newshour, Zbigniew Brzezinski offered his opinion on how the United States will need to act during the ongoing changes in the world’s power structure: the rising influence of China and the East, the decline in power of the United States and the West, and a shift in state interactions to focus on global issues. Brzezinski suggests that, in response to these issues, “America ought to strive to create some sort of balance, global equilibrium, so that we can all collectively address the problems that the world faces ” (PBS Newshour, 2012). There are three main components of his argument: first, that America needs to expand the West to include Russia and Turkey as future allies. Next, America needs to re-evaluate

When Mieszko I married the princess Dobrawa in 965, he tied Poland’s government to another, stronger one and created the Polish - Bohemian alliance. Dobrawa, the daughter of Boleslav I the Cruel, was not only Czech, but also a strong believing Christian. A move like this would have been very positive in both the aspects of religion, as well as politics. *** It is important to realize that the spurs between the pagan religions and the Christians were becoming already tense. This is additionally and especially true when it comes to the German people at the time. Borders were becoming too mixed and fights for power began to break out. Poland, being relatively weak, had to do something to save itself from being conquered. And taken over by the

The last organization that uses and/or abuses the history of Schindler is not restricted by physical borders, but is perpetuated by a collective ideology, namely ‘Western culture’, focussing on the European Union. Part of the $4.3 million renovation1 of Schindler's Factory, as well as half the MOCAK, came from EU funds.23 This collaboration has to have a fundamental argument, which can be found in the role of history MacMillan, and many others have written about. We see that the depiction of a historical hero is interesting for an ideology, because it glorifies the noble act of an individual to help the multitude. Heroes appear as the courages individuals in history books. When people reflect those stories on today's society, it strenghtens the connection through historical knowledge. WWII is deeply rooted in European's shared history. With Poland as its unfortunate epicenter, it seems of importance to deliver a positive, heroic message from Kraków to proclaim the possibility of a better present, and perhaps future. A review of Dangerous Games, by Braw, comments on to this view: "history offers simplicity when the present

During 1793, the French were settling in new territories they had just recently conquered. Prussia and Russia feared French influence and therefore teamed up and divided the boundary of Poland. However, Poland was reforming and was very “pro-French (Hunt, Martin, Rosenwein, Smith, 640).” The famous Polish leader, Tedeusz Kosciuszko, escaped to Paris, and once he returned he led a nationalist revolt. After only a few victories, Kosciuszko and a few other Polish leaders were captured and spent many years in Russian prisons. In 1795 Russia and Prussia, in order to avoid any further problems, ended up completely erasing Poland from the map which was known as the third partition of

966, under the reign of Mieszko I (comparative criminology). In 1410, Poland reached its highest point by defeating the Teutonic knights in Grunwald under the Jagiellonian dynasty (comparative criminology). In 1795, Poland’s monarchy ended by Austria, Russia, and Prussia (comparative criminology). Therefore, President Woodrow Wilson emphasize that Poland’s independence was one of 14 key factors in World War I (comparative criminology). Although; the Polish were responsible for creating their own independence, Many Polish and Americans that are in the military wanted to achieve Poland’s goal for independence (comparative

The first problem is the uncertainty of the political stability within Poland. In October, there were political events that caused policymaking to stop. The team of political leaders that were engaged during the initial conversations are on their way out of the door

Working for government we can’t distinguish specific industry that it function in. Governments take care of varieties issues that are important for country and its society. As an industry in this specific environment I would call it public diplomacy industry. Public diplomacy pursued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs consists of a set of strategic, conceptual, analytical, coordinating and executive actions seeking to impact social attitudes and public opinion abroad and thereby to secure the principal interests of the Republic of Poland across the globe. This is done by using tools and methods from outside the realm of traditional diplomacy, essentially confined to intergovernmental relations. The primary aim of public diplomacy is to