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'Polish Question' in Lithuania and Problems of Polish-Lithuanian Relations at the Turn of the Century
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Abstract This article tracks how relations between two neighbouring states of the Baltic region, Poland and Lithuania, developed over the last decades. These relations cannot be described in unambiguous terms. On the one hand, common aspirations for European integration created conditions for rapprochement ... mehr
This article tracks how relations between two neighbouring states of the Baltic region, Poland and Lithuania, developed over the last decades. These relations cannot be described in unambiguous terms. On the one hand, common aspirations for European integration created conditions for rapprochement and cooperation. On the other, the partnership has been complicated by disagreements and mutual claims. The main problem is the situation of the correspondent ethnic minorities in the two countries: Poles in Lithuania and Lithuanians in Poland. According to the Polish authorities, the interests of Lithuania's Polish residents are not safeguarded, and their rights are infringed. Similar complaints are voiced by Vilnius regarding the situation of ethnic Lithuanians in Poland. These contradictions are partly smoothed by common political interests: cooperation within the North Atlantic Alliance, defiance of the notorious 'threat from the East' and joint support for the pro-Western opposition in the neighbouring Belarus.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Polen; Litauen; internationale Beziehungen; bilaterale Beziehungen; ethnische Gruppe; Minderheit
Klassifikation
internationale Beziehungen, Entwicklungspolitik
Publikationsjahr
2022
Seitenangabe
S. 49-63
Zeitschriftentitel
Baltic Region, 14 (2022) 3
ISSN
2310-0524
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)