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By Piotr Dutkiewicz, Professor, Director...
At present, there is an ongoing political dialogue between Warsaw and Moscow, both at the highest executive (Prime Ministers) level and at the working diplomatic level (MFAs). There is a Public Forum composed of eminent personalities, and a special group on difficult historical issues. There is also an initiative (by the Moscow School of Political Studies) that seeks to establish links between youth leaders in both countries. Trade and cultural relations are improving and seem reinvigorated.What is missing is a political and security dialogue. Yet, it is in this area where mutual suspicions are strongest. Poles fear a resurgent and even aggressive Russia, and many Russians see Poland as a willing platform for U.S. weapons that might threaten Russia and as a rival for domination of the new Eastern Europe and the South Caucasus. This situation will not go away by itself, at least not very soon. What is required is a new, joint Polish-Russian initiative to deal with
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