英文摘要 |
The political development of the 'democratization' and 'de-communism' processes in Poland is hallmarked by the post-Cold War collapse of East-West confrontation. For the majority of the Polish population's collective memory, Poland is still preoccupied with survival, power, and security; moreover, the traditional security approach tied in with balance-of-power theory has its clout on post-Cold War security environment. Nevertheless, recent international security theory has tended toward multi-dimensional interpretations: including internal historical-cultural constraints, external geopolitical and cost/benefit calculation constraints, and social-psychological interpretations on security identity. These interpretations-whether they were termed extrovert and introvert security analyses--are sometimes necessitated by external circumstances, but may also be the result of endogenous factors. The author argues that security identity transformation is the primary tool for an explanation of the dynamics of Poland's security policies after the end of Cold War. Adjustments of ends rather than means and adoption of higher-order goals characterizes complex cognitive learning, as opposed to tactical learning, which adopts more efficient means to reach the same unchanging goals. With recourse to three events: the security identity transformation from 1989 to 1992, Poland's road to the EU and the trans-Atlantic split, the author tries to underscore the importance of Poland's security identity. |