Poland-Mexico towards a Strategic Partnership

Anita Oberda-Monkiewicz PhD in Political Science and is an associate professor at the Faculty of Political Science and International Studies of the University of Warsaw. Her research interests focus on Latin American foreign policy, inter-American relations and regionalism in the Western Hemisphere.

The book analyzes relations between Poland and Mexico from historical and contemporary perspective. It includes their political, economic and cultural dimensions, as well as the role of Polish migration to Mexico. The timeframe of the work is from the begining of first direct contacts between the states till 2017 and the announcement of the strategic partnership. The book provides an overview of the general determinants of bilateral relations, their evolution, main problems and challenges in the Polish-Mexican cooperation.

The book analyzes historical and contemporary relations between Poland and Mexico. It includes their political, economic and cultural dimensions, as well as the role of Polish migration to Mexico. The timeframe of the work is from the begining of first direct contacts between the states till 2017 and the announcement of the strategic partnership

Introduction

Historical outline of Poland's relations with Latin America

Evolution of Latin American policy after 1945

Latin American in Polish foreign policy after 1989

I Political relations

History of Polish-Mexican relations

Policy of the PPR towards Mexico

Poland's policy towards Mexico after 1989

Mexico's place in Polish foreign policy

Towards a strategic partnership

II Polish-Mexican economic relations

History of economic relations between Poland and Mexico

Polish-Mexican economic relations after 1945

Bilateral cooperation after 1989

Foreign trade

Mutual investments

science

History of cultural and scientific relations between Poland

and Mexico

Bilateral relations during the Cold War period

Cultural cooperation after 1989

Scientific bilateral relations

IV Polonia in Polish-Mexican relations

First contacts

The interbellum period

The "Santa Rosa" refugees

Issues of Polonia after 1945

State policy towards Polonia

Conclusion

The future of Polish-Mexican relations

Annex 1. List of official visits

Annex 2. List of diplomatic representatives at the head of

the Polish embassy in Mexico

Annex 3. Joint declaration "Towards a strategic partnership

between Poland and Mexico"

List of tables

Bibliography

Index of names