MAKROREGIONÁLIS MANŐVEREK EGY KLASSZIKUS ÜTKÖZŐZÓNÁBAN: A HÁROM TENGER KEZDEMÉNYEZÉS GEOPOLITIKAI ALAPJAI ÉS KILÁTÁSAI

Nowadays, the global geopolitical landscape is characterised by unpredictability, turbulence, and rapidly changing circumstances. These trends are especially relevant in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), between Germany and Russia, where the fragmentation of the political space, currently characterized by small states, has been a constant staging area and buffer zone for neighboring powers at least since the emergence of classical geopolitical theories. Contemporary Poland, however, stands out in many aspects among the CEE states and could theoretically be one of the leading powers in the region. In parallel with its geopolitical weight, its advocacy capacity has also increased significantly in recent times. For almost 10 years, its own geoeconomic initiative, the Three Seas Initiative (3SI), has been steadily emerging as the region’s most significant internally inspired response to the geopolitical threats facing the region.