W artykule podjęto próbę analizy tego, w jaki sposób Unia Europejska odgrywa charakterystyczną dla siebie międzynarodową rolę tzw. "łagodnej potęgi" (soft power). W rozważaniachwzięto pod uwagę fakt, że UE oddziałuje na swoje otoczenie zewnętrzne za pomocą przede wszystkim środków o charakterze politycznym, dyplomatycznym, ekonomicznym, kulturowymitp., a nie poprzez zastosowanie "twardych" (hard) instrumentów przymusu (w tym siły zbrojnej). Koncepcja Unii Europejskiej jakosoft power posłużyła jako punkt wyjścia do prezentacjiinnych teorii bezpośrednio z nią związanych, w pierwszym rzędzie koncepcji UE jako civilian power, a następnie normative poweri innych teorii pochodnych. Uwzględniają one rozmaite aspekty specyfiki Unii Europejskiej jako unikatowego uczestnika współczesnych stosunków międzynarodowych, powstrzymującego się od wykorzystywania siły militarnej i promującegowartości demokratyczne. ; The article attempts to analyze how the European Union plays its distinctive international role as a so-called soft power. The paper takes into account the fact that the EU acts on its external environment using primarily of a political, diplomatic, economic and cultural means, and not through the use of 'hard' instruments of coercion (including the armed forces). The concept of the European Union as a 'soft power' serves as a starting point for the presentation of other theories directly related to it – in the first place the concept of the EU as a 'civilian power' and 'normative power' and other theories derivatives. They take into account various aspects of the specificity of the European Union as a unique participant in contemporary international relations, restraining from using military force and promoting democratic values.
W artykule podjęto próbę analizy tego, w jaki sposób Unia Europejska odgrywa charakterystyczną dla siebie międzynarodową rolę tzw. "łagodnej potęgi" (soft power). W rozważaniach wzięto pod uwagę fakt, że UE oddziałuje na swoje otoczenie zewnętrzne za pomocą przede wszystkim środków o charakterze politycznym, dyplomatycznym, ekonomicznym, kulturowym itp., a nie poprzez zastosowanie "twardych" (hard) instrumentów przymusu (w tym siły zbrojnej). Koncepcja Unii Europejskiej jako soft power posłużyła jako punkt wyjścia do prezentacji innych teorii bezpośrednio z nią związanych, w pierwszym rzędzie koncepcji UE jako civilian power, a następnie normative power i innych teorii pochodnych. Uwzględniają one rozmaite aspekty specyfiki Unii Europejskiej jako unikatowego uczestnika współczesnych stosunków międzynarodowych, powstrzymującego się od wykorzystywania siły militarnej i promującego wartości demokratyczne. ; The article attempts to analyze how the European Union plays its distinctive international role as a so-called soft power. The paper takes into account the fact that the EU acts on its external environment using primarily of a political, diplomatic, economic and cultural means, and not through the use of 'hard' instruments of coercion (including the armed forces). The concept of the European Union as a 'soft power' serves as a starting point for the presentation of other theories directly related to it – in the first place the concept of the EU as a 'civilian power' and 'normative power' and other theories derivatives. They take into account various aspects of the specificity of the European Union as a unique participant in contemporary international relations, restraining from using military force and promoting democratic values.
The film is one of few examples of political documentaries produced in Poland after 1989. It is not limited to merely outlining the political argument over General Jaruzelski's decision to impose martial law. Although it concerns events in Polish history, it is not a historical documentary, as it brings forth present-day political conflicts that have arisen around historical events. Trying to reconstruct this current political argument, Zmarz-Koczanowicz reaches for a method developed in the 1970s by the so-called "Kraków School" led by Krzysztof Kieślowski. ^e "talking heads" method was meant to help documentary filmmakers in the Polish People's Republic reach what the person in the street actually thought and avoid the distortions of propaganda. For Kieślowski, however, the overriding aim was conciliation and an attempt to understand both sides of the political barricade - the authorities and the vox popu- li. His attitude, according to the terminology suggested by Chantal Mouffe, was a post-political one striving for an agreement through a rational dialogue. Zmarz-Koczanowicz's aim, however, is different: she is intent on showing a clash of different hegemonies that do not strive for consensus. Their agonistic argument, played out in the political register, rather than a moral one, is a guarantee, according to this Belgian philosopher of politics, that democracy will continue to exist.
The main research problem of this article is whether the political message, that was addressed to voters in the presidential election from 2015, was based on the results of the evaluations or of the socio-economic researches were conducted by the research centers. The political views and slogans, which were presented by the candidates for the President of Poland during the campaign in 2015, were analyzed to answer the main research problem. The theoretical framework of the evaluation and the process of evaluation researches on the example of the managing authority of the operational program were described in the first part of this article. The European experience of utilization the evaluation results by the political class and the analysis of the presidential campaign from 2015 in reference of constructing political arguments with the results of the evaluation were presented in the second part. The author concludes that the results of the evaluation were marginally used during the campaign. The political arguments, that were used by candidates for the President of Poland, were mostly limited to recall simple figures, expert and public opinion, although in some cases the politics referenced to the results of the studies and reports. However, it is impossible to conclude if one of these studies was an evaluation research.
This analysis reviews pro-European and anti-European attitudes in the political life of Visegrad Group states in 1989–2004. It was not easy to identify these attitudes, as the profile of Central European political parties often depended on the personalities of their most prominent persons and their political platforms, especially during the first period of the post-communist era, and these did not keep pace with the changes that occurred around them. In the first half of the decade, integration with the EC/EU was considered an issue related to foreign policy. This was conducive to maintaining a superficial consensus on the matter. As negotiations went into more detail and their finalisation came closer, the political scene became more strongly diversified into three main orientations: "pro-European", "anti-European" and "Eurosceptic" – based on disputes concerning internal reforms and the pace of these reforms, membership conditions, relations with other European countries or the target integration model. Both pro-European and anti-European discourses were based to a certain extent on emotional arguments, and this did not lead to deeper debates on issues related to integration. ; This analysis reviews pro-European and anti-European attitudes in the political life of Visegrad Group states in 1989–2004. It was not easy to identify these attitudes, as the profile of Central European political parties often depended on the personalities of their most prominent persons and their political platforms, especially during the first period of the post-communist era, and these did not keep pace with the changes that occurred around them. In the first half of the decade, integration with the EC/EU was considered an issue related to foreign policy. This was conducive to maintaining a superficial consensus on the matter. As negotiations went into more detail and their finalisation came closer, the political scene became more strongly diversified into three main orientations: "pro-European", "anti-European" and "Eurosceptic" – based on disputes concerning internal reforms and the pace of these reforms, membership conditions, relations with other European countries or the target integration model. Both pro-European and anti-European discourses were based to a certain extent on emotional arguments, and this did not lead to deeper debates on issues related to integration.
The presented text focuses on identifying the topics of the political dispute at the global level, the European Union and Poland, which relate to the mitigation of climate change. The background of the analysis is a synthetic presentation of the state of knowledge on climate change and examples of different views on this issue that reach the public in the open debate. We confronted arguments put forward by climate activists with views questioning the climate action. The analysis of arguments in the global debate shows that the differences mainly reflect the economic status of states, their energy mix, and technological advancement. The main lines of dispute in global negotiations are: which states should make more effort for greenhouse gas emission reductions, the responsibility of developed countries for historical emissions, and the principles of supporting developing countries, which are particularly vulnerable to climate change. The European Union wants to be a leader in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and achieving climate neutrality. However, there are differences in approach between the Member States, which reflect the importance of coal in the energy mix, the differences in the share of renewable energy, and the importance of nuclear energy. The main controversy is how to consider the different initial situations of countries when defining their reduction targets and how to support the energy transition. The dominant issue in the Polish debate is the necessary pace of the energy transformation, the possibility of bearing its costs, and their distribution among various social groups. This paper presents the social, economic, and political arguments at the global and local level that refer to the dilemmas of climate policy leading to the adjustment of the development policy towards energy-saving and low-emission, regardless of the importance assigned to emissions in combating climate change. ; Przedstawiony tekst koncentruje się na identyfikacji przedmiotów sporów politycznych na poziomie globalnym, Unii ...
Kasiak Mateusz, Gender in educational and public discourse of the Church. Analysis of the Pastoral Letter on the Sunday of the Holy Family. Culture – Society – Education no 2(16) 2019, Poznań 2019, pp. 289–312, Adam Mickiewicz University Press. ISSN 2300-0422. DOI 10.14746/kse.2019.16.19. Gender as a category of cultural gender and gender identity appears not only in scientific discourse as a topic of research, but also in public discourse, as a subject of various debates and disputes. This concept was also included into the discourse of the Catholic Church. Its creators – church leaders – embarked upon a public reinterpretation of the concept of gender, thus inserting their point of view into the broader political and ideological dispute. The aim of this paper is to review the postulates of the church concerning gender in the Pastoral Letter on the Feast of the Holy Family, which seems to be a leading programme paper concerning this issue. In this paper, gender as a research and scientific category is isolated from the scientific discourse and appropriatedby the educational discourse of the church, where it functions as a scare tactic. Structural modifications in the text and style of the letter, stylistic and rhetorical tricks, as well as pragmatic mechanisms, make the text of the pastoral letter a persuasive political argument. ; Kasiak Mateusz, Gender in educational and public discourse of the Church. Analysis of the Pastoral Letter on the Sunday of the Holy Family. Culture – Society – Education no 2(16) 2019, Poznań 2019, pp. 289–312, Adam Mickiewicz University Press. ISSN 2300-0422. DOI 10.14746/kse.2019.16.19. Gender as a category of cultural gender and gender identity appears not only in scientific discourse as a topic of research, but also in public discourse, as a subject of various debates and disputes. This concept was also included into the discourse of the Catholic Church. Its creators – church leaders – embarked upon a public reinterpretation of the concept of gender, thus inserting their point of view into the broader political and ideological dispute. The aim of this paper is to review the postulates of the church concerning gender in the Pastoral Letter on the Feast of the Holy Family, which seems to be a leading programme paper concerning this issue. In this paper, gender as a research and scientific category is isolated from the scientific discourse and appropriatedby the educational discourse of the church, where it functions as a scare tactic. Structural modifications in the text and style of the letter, stylistic and rhetorical tricks, as well as pragmatic mechanisms, make the text of the pastoral letter a persuasive political argument.
Political parties play an important role in the contemporary democratic system, whereby the authority of a majority is constrained by human dignity and human rights. Without parties, there would be no political pluralism, one of the basic legal and systemic principles of the contemporary democratic state. On the practical level, though, the statutory rules governing the financing of political parties – laid down in the Political Parties Act and in the Electoral Code – produce results which weaken Constitutional democracy. An argument for keeping, in principle, the present model – where political parties are financed out of state budget and from other statutory sources – invokes the immanent risk of the system's oligarchization, which would come with the elimination of subsidies and its inevitable outcome, a "privatization" of political parties. Yet the present system of political parties' financing is in need of a major revamp. Most importantly, the changes should make the financing of political parties fully and genuinely transparent and subject to public control – whether in respect of the spending of budgetary resources or funds from membership fees, donations and other sources. The auditing powers of the State Electoral Commission in respect of political parties' financing should be widened and rendered more exercisable. The financing of political parties is supposed to consolidate the democratic system, advance political pluralism, foster the formation and growth of new parties, and promote equal chances in electoral rivalry – rather than servie to stabilize the electoral advantage of the parties with access to public money. ; Artykuł nie zawiera abstraktu w języku polskim
Niniejsza analiza stanowi przegląd pro- i antyeuropejskich postaw w życiu politycznym państw Grupy Wyszehradzkiej w latach 1989-2004. Ich identyfikacja nie była sprawą prostą, gdyż profil środkowoeuropejskich formacji politycznych często zależał od tworzących je osobistości, a programy partyjne, zwłaszcza w pierwszym okresie postkomunizmu, nie nadążały za zmianami w otoczeniu zewnętrznym. W pierwszej połowie dekady, integracja z WE/UE, uznawana była za zagadnienie związane z polityką zagraniczną, co sprzyjało utrzymywaniu się powierzchownego konsensusu w tej kwestii. W miarę wchodzenia w szczegóły negocjacji i zbliżania się rozstrzygnięć następowało coraz silniejsze różnicowanie się sceny politycznej na trzy główne orientacje - "pro-europejską", "anty-europejską" oraz "eurosceptyczną" - na tle sporów wokół reform wewnętrznych i ich tempa, warunków członkostwa, stosunków z innymi krajami europejskimi czy docelowego modelu integracji. Zarówno dyskurs pro-jak i anty-europejski opierały się tu do pewnego stopnia na argumentach emocjonalnych, co nie sprzyjało pogłębieniu debaty na tematy związane z integracją. ; This analysis reviews pro-European and anti-European attitudes in the political life of Visegrad Group states in 1989-2004. It was not easy to identify these attitudes, as the profile of Central European political parties often depended on the personalities of their most prominent persons and their political platforms, especially during the first period of the post-communist era, and these did not keep pace with the changes that occurred around them. In the first half of the decade, integration with the EC/EU was considered an issue related to foreign policy. This was conducive to maintaining a superficial consensus on the matter. As negotiations went into more detail and their finalisation came closer, the political scene became more strongly diversified into three main orientations: "pro-European", "anti-European" and "Eurosceptic" - based on disputes concerning internal reforms and the pace of these reforms, membership conditions, relations with other European countries or the target integration model. Both pro-European and anti-European discourses were based to a certain extent on emotional arguments, and this did not lead to deeper debates on issues related to integration.
The political leadership concerns a special kind of performed assignments, arriving at a decision of a greater meaning and rank than the resolutions of other kind of leaders. It is related to power domain that is bigger in comparison with the non-political leaders, because it includes more numerous and more varied measures of authority. This problem is analysed by the authors of publications in "Nasz Dziennik". They comment on the present political and social situation in Poland to show who should be their ideal. As shown by this study, this vision is characteristic of all groups connected with the daily. Due to their association with the same group of media, consumer people who are different in respect of sex, profession and social group activities, share similar opinions. A scientific background accumulated by the author of the articles, takes also the opinion of the newspaper's readers into account. The analysis of these texts is to compose the models of political leaders. personality to answer the question - what is the 'ideal' promoted by "Nasz Dziennik". Because of the radical language used in this newspaper, the author examines the positive and negative qualities of political leaders to build a true image. The article shows that the anti.model of political leaders created by the daily contains a criticism of liberals, democrats, autocrats, tripe and figure heads and career bureaucrats. They all are the worse group of leaders due to having the greatest power and access to the media. Although we find many rationalized arguments in their negative opinions, the impression is the same - bad are those who govern. The criticism not only deals with democratic.liberal parties, but it was also leveled at AWS at the end of its regime. The situation of this last party did not live up to the expectations of "Nasz Dziennik", as such models are impossible to realize. The model is not interchangeable. In the articles, we find the opinions which refuse an ideal role of a particular person in leadership, but at the same time we can hear the voices for building programmes and visions around a strong authority.
The article discusses the problem of procedures and specific features of functioning of a modern democratic state, as well as threats resulting from weaknesses of democracy despite existence of mechanisms protecting it from abuse. This problem is analysed on the example of the ongoing political conflict about the Constitutional Tribunal: an institution of constitutionally guaranteed independence. This conflict reveals that in Poland a need for discussion and perhaps for verification of the current philosophy and practice of democracy, has arisen. Furthermore, it demonstrates that law and the rule of law are neither sufficient guarantors of a democratic system's stability, nor guardians of civil rights and freedoms. A weakness of the democratic system lies in the fact that in the name of correctly understood democratic principles it is possible to distort the system through enacting wrong laws. Even though the acts of democracy participants, mainly decision-makers, are lege artis, they lead to impairment of democracy. Without doubt, a democratically organized society is an autonomous community and polyarchy which has adopted a democratic system of government as a form of its organization. On the other hand, democracies are highly conflict-prone systems, for example, due to the fact that they are based on the principle that all views and all participants of democracy are equal. As a consequence, such logic leads directly to emergence of disagreements, conflicts and even fights among democracy participants. This feature of democracy has enforced the establishment of appropriate procedures of conflict solving so that to ensure a possibly optimal resolution of crisis situations which could ultimately cause even a collapse of the democratic system. Thus, a simple mathematical rule has been adopted, albeit secondary in relation to any other methods of conflict solving, that is the majority principle. This is a standard of the democratic conduct without which the rule of majority would not be possible. The Constitutional Tribunal has recently become the object of popular interest – one of the many institutions of a democratic state which has not aroused so much factual and political dispute ever before. The conflict over the Tribunal has basically the formal and legal character, this is a technical dispute whose solution should be dictated by binding regulations and developed by experts in law. However, this is not the case. This conflict has turned into an argument of a political character, so it has become a genuine clash of interests, additionally aggravated by values. Moreover, it has stirred up the society and the environment of lawyers. When a political conflict, as one of the conflict types, is analysed, it is defined as a disagreement over power, whose participants are these individuals, groups, institutions and organizations which have a direct impact on politics or influence it through political channels. The practice of democratic states of the Western world does not prescribe a way at the beginning of which there is a sign "the winner takes it all". This practice is corroborated by philosophy and theory of democracy, as well as by several hundred years of achievements including such principles as Montesquieu's tripartite system of the separation of powers or the contemporary definition of democracy which describes it as a rule of majority that guarantees rights to minorities. ; Artykuł porusza problem procedur i specyfiki funkcjonowania nowoczesnego państwa demokratycznego oraz zagrożeń wynikających ze słabości demokracji mimo istnienia mechanizmów zabezpieczających ją przed nadużyciami. Problem ten jest rozpatrywany na przykładzie toczącego się konfliktu politycznego o Trybunał Konstytucyjny, instytucję o gwarantowanej konstytucyjnie niezależności. Konflikt ten pokazał, że w Polsce pojawiła się konieczność dyskusji i być może weryfikacji dotychczasowej filozofii i praktyki demokratycznej. Również to, że prawo i rządy prawa nie są wystarczającymi gwarantami stabilności ustroju demokratycznego, tym bardziej strażnikami praw i wolności obywatelskich. Ułomność systemu demokratycznego polega na tym, iż w imię właściwie pojętych zasad demokratycznych możliwe jest wypaczanie systemu przez tworzenie złego prawa. Działania uczestników demokracji, głównie decydentów, są lege artis, ale prowadzą do jej osłabiania. Demokratycznie urządzone społeczeństwo jest bez wątpienia autonomiczną wspólnotą i poliarchią, a przyjęło jako formę swojej organizacji demokratyczny system rządów. Demokracje są natomiast systemami wybitnie konfliktogennymi, choćby z tego powodu iż opierają się na zasadzie równości wszystkich poglądów i wszystkich podmiotów biorących udział w demokracji. Taka logika prowadzi w prostej konsekwencji do pojawienia się niezgodności i konfliktów, a nawet walk pomiędzy uczestnikami demokracji. Ta właściwość demokracji wymusiła stworzenie odpowiednich procedur rozstrzygania konfliktów, by zagwarantować w miarę optymalne wychodzenie z sytuacji kryzysowych, mogących w ostateczności doprowadzić nawet do upadku systemu demokratycznego. Przyjęto zatem prostą zasadę matematyczną, co prawda wtórną wobec wszystkich innych sposobów rozwiązywania konfliktów – zasadę większości. Jest ona regułą demokratycznej gry, bez której nie mogłyby istnieć rządy większości. Przedmiotem społecznego zainteresowania stał się ostatnio Trybunał Konstytucyjny, jedna z wielu instytucji demokratycznego państwa, która dotychczas nie wywoływała aż takich sporów merytorycznych i politycznych. Konflikt o Trybunał ma przede wszystkim charakter formalno-prawny, jest to techniczny spór, którego rozwiązanie powinno być podyktowane przez obwiązujące prawo, a jego rozstrzyganiem powinni się zająć eksperci z dziedziny prawa. Tak jednak nie jest. Konflikt ten przerodził się w konflikt o charakterze politycznym, stał się więc rzeczywistym konfliktem interesów, uzupełnionym dodatkowo o wartości. Zaktywizował ponadto społeczeństwo oraz środowisko prawnicze. Gdy rozważa się jeden z typów konfliktów, mianowicie polityczny, definiuje się go jako taki, którego przedmiotem jest władza, a podmiotami biorącymi w nim udział są te jednostki, grupy, instytucje, organizacje, które bezpośrednio mają wpływ na politykę lub oddziałują na nią za pośrednictwem kanałów politycznych. Praktyka demokratycznych państw świata zachodniego nie wskazuje drogi, na początku której stoi znak "zwycięzca bierze wszystko". Praktykę tę wyznacza filozofia i teoria demokracji oraz kilkusetletni dorobek z takimi dogmatami, jak choćby monteskiuszowski trójpodział władz czy współczesna definicja demokracji, według której są to rządy większości gwarantujące prawa mniejszościom.
Istnienie państwa dobrobytu może być uzasadniane za pomocą argumentacji zarówno ekonomicznej, politycznej, jak i filozoficznej. W artykule scharakteryzowano sprawiedliwość dystrybutywną z perspektywy liberalnego egalitaryzmu, co stanowi jednocześnie analizę filozoficznej argumentacji na rzecz państwa dobrobytu. Odwołano się przy tym do dwóch najbardziej wpływowych koncepcji: teorii sprawiedliwości jako bezstronności autorstwa Rawlsa oraz idei równości zasobów zaproponowanej przez Dworkina. Celem artykułu była ocena modeli państwa dobrobytu w świetle wymagań stawianych w obu koncepcjach sprawiedliwie urządzonemu społeczeństwu. Autor dowodzi, że mając na względzie realne możliwości jednostek do formułowania, rozumnego realizowania oraz korekty swych własnych planów życiowych, jedynie socjaldemokratyczny (nordycki) model państwa dobrobytu można uznać za akceptowalny z perspektywy egalitarystycznej. ; The existence of the welfare state can be justified by economic and political arguments as well as philosophical ones. The paper analyses the liberal-egalitarian view on distributive justice and hence on the philosophical justification of the welfare state, based on two most influential egalitarian concepts: Rawls's theory of justice as fairness and Dworkin's equality of resources theory. The aim of this article was to evaluate the welfare state regimes in the light of requirements of both theories that just society must satisfy. It is argued that with respect to the individual capacity to formulate, rationally pursue, and revise one's life plans, the social-democratic (Nordic model) may be deemed as the only regime capable of being accepted from the egalitarian perspective.
Constitutional review of legislation is the power to examine statutes for their conformity with the constitution. This competence is performed by the judiciary. The origins of this institution date back to XIX century and since that time constitutional review of legislation has became an important institution in most democratic states. In the paper, the author answers the most important charge raised against constitutional review – that it lacks democratic legitimacy. According to Jeremy Waldron, there is always a loss to democracy when a majoritian decision is overruled by a politically unaccountable court. As an answer to Waldron's objection, the author introduces three arguments for the democratic status of constitutional review. These arguments point to three different sources of legitimacy for constitutional review: democratic will of the people, the principle of respect for the democratic reason, and substantial democratic values. ; Constitutional review of legislation is the power to examine statutes for their conformity with the constitution. This competence is performed by the judiciary. The origins of this institution date back to XIX century and since that time constitutional review of legislation has became an important institution in most democratic states. In the paper, the author answers the most important charge raised against constitutional review – that it lacks democratic legitimacy. According to Jeremy Waldron, there is always a loss to democracy when a majoritian decision is overruled by a politically unaccountable court. As an answer to Waldron's objection, the author introduces three arguments for the democratic status of constitutional review. These arguments point to three different sources of legitimacy for constitutional review: democratic will of the people, the principle of respect for the democratic reason, and substantial democratic values.
W ostatnich paru latach do władzy doszły w niektórych państwach zachodnich partie prawicowe, które bardziej posługują się argumentami politycznymi i nie dostrzegają korzyści, jakie niesie ze sobą wolny handel. Przykładem może być Parnterstwo Transpacyficzne (TPP), które miało doprowadzić do przyśpieszenia handlu i wzmocnienia współpracy gospodarczej w regionie Azji i Pacyfiku. Partnerstwo to miało też być przeciwwagą dla ekspansji gospodarczej Chin w tym regionie. Stany Zjednoczone wspierały prawie 7-letni proces negocjacji i doprowadziły przy końcu 2015 roku do podpisania porozumienia o utworzeniu TPP. Do początku 2017 roku porozumienie to nie zostało jednak ratyfikowane przez parlamenty państw członkowskich, a w lutym 2017 roku prezydent Donald Trump wycofał USA z tego partnerstwa. Stworzyło to szansę dla Chin, które forsują swoją koncepcję Regionalnego Kompleksowego Partnerstwa Gospodarczego (RCEP) i osłabiło zaufanie do Stanów Zjednoczonych wśród wielu dotychczasowych sojuszników tego mocarstwa. ; In the recent times some rightist's political parties which have come to power in a number of Western states, seem to favour political arguments over the free trade advantages. The case of Trans-Pacific Partnership is the most illustrative as that regional free-trade agreement was aimed at "rebalancing" the economic cooperation within the Pacific region. It also was to create a trade bloc acting as a bulwark against China's hegemony in that region. The United States has promoted the seven years negotiation process which brought about in 2015 the creation of TPP. However that trade agreement was not ratified by the parliaments of the member countries till the beginning of 2017, and in February president Donald Trump withdrew the United States from the TPP. This created a room for the China's backed different proposition called the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership and highly weakened trust in the USA among its Asian allies.
W ostatnich paru latach do władzy doszły w niektórych państwach zachodnich partie prawicowe, które bardziej posługują się argumentami politycznymi i nie dostrzegają korzyści, jakie niesie ze sobą wolny handel. Przykładem może być Parnterstwo Transpacyficzne (TPP), które miało doprowadzić do przyśpieszenia handlu i wzmocnienia współpracy gospodarczej w regionie Azji i Pacyfiku. Partnerstwo to miało też być przeciwwagą dla ekspansji gospodarczej Chin w tym regionie. Stany Zjednoczone wspierały prawie 7-letni proces negocjacji i doprowadziły przy końcu 2015 roku do podpisania porozumienia o utworzeniu TPP. Do początku 2017 roku porozumienie to nie zostało jednak ratyfikowane przez parlamenty państw członkowskich, a w lutym 2017 roku prezydent Donald Trump wycofał USA z tego partnerstwa. Stworzyło to szansę dla Chin, które forsują swoją koncepcję Regionalnego Kompleksowego Partnerstwa Gospodarczego (RCEP) i osłabiło zaufanie do Stanów Zjednoczonych wśród wielu dotychczasowych sojuszników tego mocarstwa. ; In the recent times some rightist's political parties which have come to power in a number of Western states, seem to favour political arguments over the free trade advantages. The case of Trans-Pacific Partnership is the most illustrative as that regional free-trade agreement was aimed at "rebalancing" the economic cooperation within the Pacific region. It also was to create a trade bloc acting as a bulwark against China's hegemony in that region. The United States has promoted the seven years negotiation process which brought about in 2015 the creation of TPP. However that trade agreement was not ratified by the parliaments of the member countries till the beginning of 2017, and in February president Donald Trump withdrew the United States from the TPP. This created a room for the China's backed different proposition called the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership and highly weakened trust in the USA among its Asian allies.
