Polish special forces took part in the 2003 invasion of Iraq, and 2,600 Polish troops are fighting Taliban insurgents in the southern Afghan province of Ghazni, but the age of Poland’s global foreign policy ambitions – tied to hopes of becoming one of America’s crucial European allies – is fading.
Instead, Poland is recognising that its true strength lies in its increasing influence within the European Union, where, with 38m people, it is the sixth largest member.
