Foreign lobbying as an instrument of defense cooperation between Poland and the United States

Autor: Valery Konyshev, Ekaterina M. Skvortsova
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
Předmět:
Cultural Studies
History
Sociology and Political Science
Politikwissenschaft
Friedens- und Konfliktforschung
Sicherheitspolitik
Geography
Planning and Development
Peace and Conflict Research
International Conflicts
Security Policy
0211 other engineering and technologies
02 engineering and technology
United States of America
lcsh:Regional economics. Space in economics
defence cooperation
Sicherheitspolitik
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
security policy
Interessenpolitik
foreign lobbying
internationale Zusammenarbeit
defense policy
Political science
pressure-group politics
USA
Verteidigungspolitik
Polen
international cooperation
021107 urban & regional planning
030229 sport sciences
lcsh:HT388
ddc:320
poland
Poland
General Economics
Econometrics and Finance
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
usa
Zdroj: Baltic Region, Vol 12, Iss 2, Pp 4-22 (2020)
Baltic Region
ISSN: 2310-0524
2079-8555
Popis: Defence cooperation between Poland and the United States significantly affects the security agenda of Russia, the Baltic region, and Europe as a whole. On the one hand, Poland intends to become a key partner of the US in ensuring European security. On the other hand, it has ambitions to take the leading position in the security area among the Baltic States. The Polish leadership sees an additional advantage in expanding military cooperation with the United States, regarding it as a jumping board to accelerating its economic and technological development. This article examines a mechanism underlying defence cooperation between the US and Poland, i.e. lobbying Poland’s interests in another state. This allows Warsaw to actively promote its interests in the US. The research methodology employed includes the periodisation of Polish lobbying activities in the US and an empirical study of lobbying based on analysis of original documents, many of which have been analysed for the first time. It is shown that, under the existing party system, Poland will not abandon strategic partnership with the United States, primarily in security and defence. Over the study period, Poland quickly gained experience in promoting its interests in the US through direct lobbying, showing flexibility in negotiations, relying on the two-party support in the US Congress, successfully coordinating the activities of its governing bodies and various corporations which are submitted to tight state control.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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