Lewica o polskiej polityce wschodniej w XXI w.

The subject of the article is the views of the Left on eastern policy. The study covered the 21st century, as it brought decomposition at the level of the international system, with regard to the quality of international relations and in the geopolitical space. New challenges emerged for Poland. These challenges resulted from the imperial policy of Russia, the strengthening of the international position of Germany and its cooperation with Russia, lowering the level of security in Central and Eastern Europe, the crisis of the European Union, and the strategic and doctrinal reorientation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. In the first decade of the independent Third Republic of Poland, the main political parties and movements agreed on the implementation of two strategic goals: joining the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and accession to the European Union, achieved in 1999–2004. At the same time, politicians gave various answers to the issues and challenges outlined above, and disputes over the implementation of Polish foreign policy reduced its effectiveness. The Left was one of the participants in the dispute. In the Third Polish Republic, the Social Democracy of the Republic of Poland and the Democratic Left Alliance (the so-called post-communist parties) were of the greatest importance among the left-wing political parties, and from 2020 the New Left. The post-communist left ruled in Poland in the years 1993–1997 and 2001–2005, and then functioned as a parliamentary, extra-parliamentary and again parliamentary opposition. In January 2020, the Democratic Left Alliance adopted the name of the New Left, which remained after the unification with the Spring party.