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Contents: Introduction; I. Giedroyc at the Jagiellonian Prometheus Track: Polish Eastern Policy 1989-2015: -- Introduction; 1. Poland in the Light of the Dissolution of the USSR: How to Draw Benefits from 'the Greatest Geopolitical Catastrophe of the 20th Century' [- Two-Track Policy] 2. Relations with Russia 3. Relations with Ukraine [- Periodisation and Evolution of Polish-Ukrainian Relations in 1989-2013 - Problem Issues - National Minorities: Polish in Ukraine and Ukrainian in Poland - Conclusions] 4. The Hesitant Courtship of the Sleeping Beauty (Polish Policy Towards Belarus) [- Polish Policy Towards Belarus - Periodisation and Evolution of Polish-Belorussian Relations in 1990-2013 - National Minorities: Polish in Belarus and Belorussian in Poland - Conclusions] 5. Underestimated Brethern in Arms: The Baltic States and Poland's Eastern Policy [- Periodisation of Polish Relations with Baltic States After 1989 - Polish Policy Towards Lithuania - Polish Policy Towards Latvia - Cyberalliance with the Decent Country: Polish Policy Towards Estonia - Conclusions] 6. Free Prometheus: Georgia in Polish Eastern Policy [- Conclusions] 7. Moldova in Polish Eastern Policy [- Conclusions]; Conclusions of the Whole Chapter I; -- II. Dim Balalaikas by Playing All the Pianos: Polish Attempts to Initiate the Eastern Policy of the European Union's: -- Introduction; 1. Eastern Dimensions [- Genesis - Main Assumptions of the Polish Proposal for the EU's Eastern Dimension] 2. Attempts to Make Use of EU Instruments to Implement the Goals of Polish Eastern Policy 2004-2007 [- Poland and the Emerging European Neighbourhood Policy - Musketeer Pact: 2006 - Krakow Initiative: 2007] 3. Eastern Partnership [- Genesis - Nature of the Project - Evolution of the Eastern Partnership in 2008-2015 - Conclusions]; Conclusions of the Whole Chapter II; Summary; List of Maps & Tables; References; Index of Persons