Geopolitics of Poland

[@elhombredeoro955]

The blue in the polish flag stand for reliable allies.

[@AndreAndFriends]

Haha, that is soo true, there are no reliable allies. Very good observation.

[@mikihirai335]

@@AndreAndFriends you didn't get the joke He edited the comment

[@johnnytran2107]

R/wooosh

[@izder]

looool A sheep cant ally with lion or tiger

[@perun28]

@@mikihirai335 he did cause all know there is no blue in the Polish flag aswell there is no allies of Poland

[@Mindfookfilms]

Just been to Poland in Jan-Feb during a film shoot. Warsaw, Krakow, Zakopane, Bielsko Biala, Katowice. Beautiful country. Greetings to the Poles from Mumbai.

[@rafapogodek9105]

You must visit Wrocław, great city! ;)

[@joebonsaipoland]

Rafał Pogłódek all the cities are “great” if you can get a good job there!

[@lotstolearn5350]

Wrocław is good to visit because it isn't as rebuilt as Warsawa or as touristy as Krakow.

[@Tycini1]

"Mindfook Films" - this name is amazing.

[@cokurde]

tdr racists... u fucking rat! U dont even know what racism mean! Go fuck yourself with your pathetic commie propaganda!

[@schmidt969]

Not anti-Russian, anti being invaded by them man

[@schoob4822]

Judean People's Front See the Ukraine

[@AlexiosLair]

@Judean People's Front at the current state Russia seems to be a threat to Poland, because Putin's government only interested in propaganda. Getting into detalis, what is different here is there's no ideology in Russia right now. The image of occupation western forces is needed to persuade Russian people that all of the money spend on militarisation are crucial for defense. In reality, most of those money are going into official's pockets, they spend them in western countries for wealthy life, including Poland. If you will ask Russian men if they are interested in going to military, 90% will tell they are not and this is all bulshit and waste of time. Most of them don't want to fight for oligarch's interests. Unfortunately, there's not enough unity among Russians to build the adequate government and stop this idioticy.

[@Garchist]

@@AlexiosLair True to that. Some lunatics may actually feel belligerent, but internal corruption, poverty and disorder means that very few cattle minded idiots would fight for that country in a real war. Besides, one needs a real strong economy to wage a war.

[@markg1531]

Completely anti-Russian, man

[@BibEvgen]

@@AlexiosLair There is some truth. But there are problems, I saw how in the 90 years they sawed and robbed my country. I now see how they are robbing Ukraine. If this is done with Russia, everything will be much worse, poverty, war, ... .. Well, yes, for the good of democracy, freedom, the welfare of the West, you can fill up another country.

[@krastsjanis]

Greetings from Latvia to Poland! Poland has to carve closer security and political ties with the three Baltic states, because of the common interests and historical fate.

[@10hawell]

Wonderfully, I'm glad that Latvia likes us more than Lithuania. Greetings from Poland😘

[@pacthug4life]

Unfortunately, Lithuanians hate Poland.

[@Fankas2000]

Kev Only because after WW1 Poland refused to acknowledge Lithuania as an independent state and declared war. Plus always pretending to be better doesn't help either...

[@pacthug4life]

You have your version of history, that has nothing to do with facts. Saying that poles are "always pretending to be better" which is a pure assumption that shows that You are chauvinistic yourself. It was Lithuanian side that rejected Pilsudski's offer to recreate federation similar to Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. It was also Lithuania that broke all diplomatic ties with Poland till 1938, not the other way around. When it comes to "Żeligowski's Mutiny" it was not a war, it was actually Polish military operation that supposed to help Polish majority in southern Lithuania (German Census 1918 Poles at 58.0%, Lithuanians at 18.5%, Polish Census 1931 Poles at 65,9% Lithuanians at 0,9%) Lithuania destroyed over 500 years of brotherhood in the name of independence pursuit, witch they clearly had right to do, but in that situation it was obvious that cities with Polish majority like Vilnius or Grodno (over 60% Polish majority) will have to be part of Poland. Especially when it was Poland that defeated Soviet army in 1920.

[@lewgalicyjski2976]

Poles and Lithuanians don't get along well, with Lithuanians having inferiority complex over Polish-Lithuanian & Interwar period.

[@alex_gaimar]

It's so weird to hear "Warszawa" in an English-language video.

[@helpinghands1122]

AlexGlushkov is that how Polish people pronounce their capital?

[@alex_gaimar]

ibsy yes. I'm Russian and we pronounce it like that as well. And so do Azerbaijanis like Shirvan here.

[@Festucius]

With only a slight difference. Shirvan pornounces it a bit like "Varshawa", while the Poles say it as "Varshava". Still, it's very good for a non-native.

[@alex_gaimar]

Festucius but it's Varşava in Azerbaijani, so it's probably just him

[@ruslan-pe3wx]

He just pronounced it in Azerbaijani language.

[@danicocktail1473]

Independent strong Poland is actually good for everyone. It is in the absence of Poland / Polish jurisdiction when bad things tend to happen on North European Plain, not least Germans and Russians always fighting each other. Sovereign and prosperous Poland enhances security and peace for everyone, that's why US should invest at least as strongly in Poland as it does in Israel, if not capitalize on Poland even more

[@AndreAndFriends]

Great point. Thx mate

[@meandmetoo8436]

The Commonwealth administration was terrible though.

[@PR_nick]

Stronger Poland gives US quiet Europe.

[@арефнар]

Poland with a free goverment and logical people is the easternmost German territory and the westernmost Russian territory.

[@perarubin6041]

@@арефнар gtfo

[@lincselo]

I'm a simple Hungarian, I see a Poland video, I like it and go on.

[@AndreAndFriends]

I'm a simple Polak and when I see Hungarian, I like him.

[@Fish-ub3wn]

@BARBATVS 89 LOL

[@lo-ficranetv2106]

I'm an arrogant American. I barge in just because. ;)

[@b3nisrael]

I'm Indian, we're everywhere for no reason. 🤣

[@IRTG2006]

I’m a simple Brit, I sit down and drink a cup of tea

[@ozone9473]

That's why Poland should continue pushing its politics towards central Europe, especially V4 countries. Some important things like Baltic Pipe, Three Seas Initiative and Via Carpathia have been started already

[@piotrd.4850]

But no mention of Polish energy independence, nuclear power plants and independent nuclear deterrent,

[@user_____M]

Meanwhile in hUnGaRy: 🤪🤡❤️🇩🇪

[@briinZ411]

Greetings from Romania to our Polish brothers. Allies in the interwar period, allies in the post-communist period.

[@benjamindavidovichwaals2899]

lol

[@damian4926]

I wouldn't call limiting Russian influence in your country as anti-Russian.

[@mikihirai335]

I don't like the winter in my country You're so anti-Russian!! To the gulag!

[@benismann]

"Complete breakup of modern day Russia is necessary" Yeah, just limiting

[@piotrd.4850]

Well, Russians do ;)

[@pharos670]

@@benismann literally nobody here even talks about it

[@Dangur2]

Nobody in Russia talks about invading Poland as well.

[@jamestang1227]

Years without being annexed: 73 Poland plays a difficult game, trying to live under the thumb of great powers without being destroyed yet trying to slowly carve a place for itself largely economically but also politically.

[@kostam.1113]

All that propaganda about Poland being somehow ''annexed'' is simply bullshit. Polish borders made in 1945 are permanent since neither Germany or Russia are capable of ''annexing'' Poland. Nor do they have any intentions of doing so. Political and economic influence is another thing tho, and currently Poland is economic slave to Germany and EU and political tool of Washington. Only thing that can bring true independence to Poland is political and economic intermarium and fortunately there is progress towards that goal.

[@Q_QQ_Q]

polish even though are Slavs but so wanna be germans 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@kasper4643]

Groot Official I don’t think so...

[@gilgameschvonuruk4982]

Groot Official we don't

[@Q_QQ_Q]

+Kasper Gerechtigkeit +Gilgamesch von Uruk seen polish in german and uk ? 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 polish are happy to be yes man to germans and uk 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@matthewjackson9615]

Poland as usual finds itself between a rock and a hard spot . It's obvious to me that it will have to do some clever long-term planning to forge the right alliances or else it will become a client-state of some larger power. What amazes me is that despite Poland's struggles throughout the ages, they've managed to retain their sovereignty and remain on the map. You've got to have the "fight" in your blood to accomplish this and that's why I've vowed to support them. I like fighters.

[@Vitalis94]

"Struggles throughout the ages". That's a stupid stereotype. Of 1000 years of Polish history, Poles struggled with their independence (or lacked it entirely) only in the last 3 centuries. Before that, Poland was often either a neutral power, or a regional giant, and a place where many people escaped too due to the religious tolerance. Jews, protestants, even Scots and Armenians. People seem to imagine that Poland was weak for the whole time, and that Germans are their ancient enemy, while Polish-German border was most peaceful border in whole of Europe for many centuries. Even relations with Russia weren't exactly bad all the time - it's only due to the relationship with Lithuania that Poland even focused on Russia at all. It's possible that without Polish-Lithuanian union, Poland would be focused primairly on the West.

[@10hawell]

being a client state empire from the other side of the world like the USA is currently what Poland always dreamed of. As long as we are not attacked, we may not be a slave to the United States. And that we have common goals from the USA - stabilize eastern Europe under the dictation of the United States and destabilize Asia and keep Western Europe dependent on the US is an additional advantage. Vitalis Just to be directed to the west, it is not worth it for us after the German nobility murder Otto III because since then Germany does not care for Poland as a vassal, but for us to be conquered.

[@matthewjackson9615]

Bear in mind that the US is backing off the European continent and only maintains a relationship with Poland because it is to the advantage of the United States. Anyway, geopolitics is a complicated affair and,in my humble opinion, what really matters is whether or not a country can maintain its will to survive no matter the circumstances. It seems patently obvious to me that Poland has chosen and will continue to choose to survive no matter what.

[@Quickshot0]

Due to the current Presidency, the chance Western Europe will start down its own path is becoming ever greater. Basically because the USA is no longer being seen as a reliable nation by many there. And if they aren't reliable, then one has to look out for ones self. Recently also one of the large German tank producing companies combined with a French equivalent. And they recently released a new tank demonstrator with a German chassis and French turret. So this could indeed be a sign that they're starting orientate away in a more serious way. If that is the case, Poland might in the coming decade have to reconsider its geopolitical situation.

[@Quickshot0]

It's easy to say a lot of bad things about other people, or claim imaginary dominance for a group that don't exist. the problem is that all to often it isn't really accurate.

[@vakhokuparadze1688]

Georgia supports Poland and vice versa

[@bluenation3838yoohoo]

lol u mad? georgie here is mad

[@jerzykrzeminski7692]

playah Probably because he's from a shithole called ruSSia. GDP below South Korea and on par with the Netherlands, median wage lower than China's, average lifespan below North Korea or Banghladesh, add HIV epidemy as severe as Africa in 1990s. Quite enough to be butthurted.

[@username65585]

Georgia can be in Międzymorze too

[@Tycini1]

As Vakho said, Poland supports Georgia. White Pasha obviously is a hired troll of, without pointing fingers at anybody, some country's government.

[@orthellen4193]

White Pasha incel alert

[@goodukrainianhonestpositiv5800]

Support from Ukraine! Strong Poland means security, freedom and non-aggression, we know that. Please continue supporting Ukraine, we appreciate that, and please know that radical neofascistic groups in Ukraine do not represent normal ordinary decent Ukrainians who want to live in peace, prosperity and freedom independent of Russia.

[@dawidlyczko381]

Takich gości lubimy, i takiego mogę mieć za sąsiada

[@m4rt1nDRK]

That was a nice comment. I could live with a neighbour like you. Continue on your quest for unity and peace. We will meet there at one point together. Ukraine can only be free if it will be close to Poland, because despite what happened to us in history, we are the only nation that gives a damn about Ukraine at all. Everyone else would leave you all to die and you know it. Regards to all normal, proud Ukrainians. I hope that one day we will build a strong region, together. Spread this message and tell Ukrainians that we are not your enemies, the only problem we have is with the Nazi Bandera, we don't have anything against normal, peaceful and hard working Ukrainians. I know plenty that came here to Poland, they live with us, work with us and marry with us. Together we could create something that would guarantee our safety, prosperity and future. Intermarium/Three Seas Initiative will be the future of our nations.

[@Lancetier]

Russia will grant you independence the day you can supply yourself will oil, military, order, non corruption, and a future. All these you currently lack and only Russia can provide you...

[@adamz7038]

Thank you, strong Ukraine is also something good for Poland as we only together can oppose the common aggressor. Please fight corruption so you can get stronger! Regards!

[@topeknh1]

fuck u and ur upa country

[@ahmedalsadik]

"Other countries with anti russian views" -not wanting to be invaded doesn't make them "anti-russian".

[@rerbitd7094]

When did Russia threaten to attack? Remind me .

[@Burnttoaster1111]

Frankly wanting the break up of modern day Russia is a little more then just not wanting to be invaded.

[@janrudnicki6111]

Hungary Poland and Russia have intrest in partitions Ukraine.

[@effortless35]

Russia doesn't threaten, they just announce that part of your country was always Russia and send well-armed tourists.

[@Stockstool]

Jan Rudnicki sorry but you are geopolitical non entity.

[@mioszduby2842]

2:47 It is completely absurd to say that Poland ever sought an alliance with the Soviets to guarantee its sovereignty. After WW2, Poland was occupied by the Soviets, who brought the new "Polish" government with them. It was a communist dictatorship of Soviet puppets, who could not "experiment" with any strategies. Otherwise they would end up like governments in Budapest in 1956 or Prague in 1968. To enter into an alliance, you need to be a sovereign state, and Poland wasn't.

[@reazulzannah738]

You know, Shirvan, fate has a strange way of doing things. Last time, I was writing about a German character, and at the pivotal time I wanted to know about their culture and history, you made a video about their mindset. Now, I'm writing about a Polish character, and you upload this. God bless.

[@THETROMBENIK]

why has KZbin demonetized this channel by 80%? This is some of the most educational and neutral content on the internet.

[@carlabroderick5508]

So true. Most difficult truth he discusses, he accomplishes this in a neutral and dispassionate manner.

[@pocki892]

Poland Geopolitics: Dont get GANG BANGED from both sides!

[@Saeglopur89]

Worst enemy now for Poland is Poland itself :F

[@wilczekkubam]

@@Saeglopur89 Yes and no. It was true when we lose independence.

[@AdmiralSpaceballs]

Is it true that when germany united it asked for the return of polish owned territories

[@cankomut6614]

@@AdmiralSpaceballs yes, they even asked kaliningrad back.

[@theo5195]

Can Komut That‘s wrong. Technical, Germany still claims the lost territory, but the government sees no need to enforce the claim.

[@matizmbk3261]

2:12 Napoleon in Poland is National Hero because he help a polish fight of independence

[@markg1531]

No, he never did.

[@davidfreeman3083]

@@markg1531 Literally look up the Polish national anthem...

[@perarubin6041]

@@davidfreeman3083 in our anthem we sing about Napoleon who is our role model, but the truth is he himself admitted that he would not give Poles the independence, Poles are the only ones who can do it.

[@davrosdarlek7058]

Napoleon only exploited the polish with false hope.

[@kaanerdem2822]

Napoleon also claimed he was a muslim when he invaded Ottoman egypt but get ass kicked. Poland = german sattelite state

[@filipkopec525]

2:13 Actually, in Poland, Napoleon is viewed as a Hero. He is mentioned in Polish anthem as an example how to win (battle). He revived the Polish state, it is shame he lost ultimately

[@benismann]

" it is shame he lost ultimately" no it isnt

[@Admiral_Jezza]

Basically: Don't die.

[@арефнар]

Poland with a free goverment and logical people is the easternmost German territory and the westernmost Russian territory.

[@Jarek.J]

God bless Poland

[@Jarek.J]

Shafia Kamal Fuck Islam

[@mohammadsabah8619]

Signum Thanks for your support😊

[@luzak067]

Shafia Kamal , Anyone who eneter Poland should eat a pork chop and drink a glass of vodka in the presence of the commission. That should keep potential terrorists and fools like you away from my land.

[@mohammadsabah8619]

luzak067 Who cares what you do?no one is interested in your shithole racist country.it is continuing on the EU funds so dont pretend to be very rich.

[@luzak067]

You are the last who can complain about EU funding as You are not a citizen of any member state. It;s simply none of Your business. But me as an EU citizen complain that my money are spend for illegal immigration and violating the rule of European law.

[@joeknow3712]

"Poland destiny had been mostly dictated by outside forces" Were walking about 300 years out of an over 1000 year old country here, I wouldn't call that mostly

[@JakubNaceradsky]

Lithuania was not Home force either. And most of years was great parts of Poland occupied or conguered (Pomeranians, Brandenburg, Teutons / Prussia, Saxony, Austria or Mecklenburg, some time a Krakow part was even on Czech Crownlads rule, but with way of wedding i think).

[@joeknow3712]

@@JakubNaceradsky I don't understand what you are trying to say but every country had wars where it lost or gained some land, especially in medieval time when this was common and normal. That is far from claiming that Poland's destiny was being dictated by outside forces as that implies it was a puppet state. Silesia was originally Czech and conquered by Poland until 1320, Bohemia even had a Jagiellon King from Krakow. Does that mean Poland controlled Bohemia's Destiny? No.

[@mrniceguy7168]

The first few hundreds years of Polish history was not a grand unified kingdom but a slither of land on the map that was constantly changing. By 1500 or so when it was a commonwealth was when you have similar borders to today, so 300 out of 500 years of its history as a proper country is fair to say most of its history has been dominated by outsiders.

[@joeknow3712]

@@mrniceguy7168 WTF, so much wrong with your comment. Absolutely not fair to say most of its history. 1) Poland's history is over 1000 years, not 500. It has been a state since 996 AD, At first a Duchy until 1025 when it became a Kingdom. 2) The commonwealth did not exist in 1500 3) 1500 is not when Poland started to have similar borders to today, that was in ~1000AD. By 1500 the borders were no longer like today. Its the exact opposite of what you said. 4) "few", "grand", "slither", "proper" are vague, ambiguous, and objective. What is "proper", how much land exactly is "slither"? When it was founded it was bigger then modern Bulgaria, it was unified, and "grand" enough to invade its neighbors and fight off the the Holy Roman Empire's attempts to assimilate them like Czech/Bohemia You are clueless about Poland's history

[@mrniceguy7168]

Joe Know You’re right, I had seen maps of Poland showing its territorial extent as much smaller than current day borders, I didn’t see a map of the Kingdom of Poland. And I know the Polish-Lithuanian borders are not representative of modern borders, I meant the Polish side of that alliance.

[@StopFear]

I respect Poland and it’s constant will to survive especially because I have roots in Russia and in Ukraine. Especially since 2014 Ukraine found in situation similar to Poland’s in history. (Well and throughout history). Now Russians are really hating Poland for no reason, but they also hate Ukrainian language and by extend Polish because they view Ukrainian language as inferior because it has a lot of Polish language in it. They also hate Poland because they think (or claim) that NATO and Poland want to invade “poor mother Russia” and they hate how Poland had anti missile installations because they (according to Russia) will use the NATO hardware to attack Russia. In my opinion Russia is full of crocodile tears.

[@Nextdesu]

My friend we aint hate nor Polish or Ukraine, y wrong. What we really hate is nazis that came to power during the maidan. And also we didnt think that Nato want to invade us, its mostly like nato want us to be divided and struggle several civil wars, just like you have in Ukraine mah dude.

[@AndreAndFriends]

It's their propaganda. Their government, not the people.

[@B1sher]

@@AndreAndFriends I'm Russian and I don't hate Poland. Maybe it's exactly your propaganda, who convinces you of this and creates an enemy out of Russia?

[@slavsya]

I maybe in the minority but I only have compassion for my Slav sisters and brothers. I don't think the new generation are that interested in hate for no reason

[@mirthy8219]

@@B1sher and how your propaganda justified an attack on Ukraine? And how your propaganda claim that Russians didn't attack Poland from the east during the war? Your country is dangerous, you say one thing and then do the other. You are untrustworthy.

[@dominikgadecki475]

Thanks for the redo of Geopolitics of Poland, shame that YT deleted the other video. Really good analysis this time. Pozdrowienia and take care!

[@TheCyanideSon]

I really love your videos, especially focussing on Eastern Europe. Czech Republic is in a very peculiar political position at the moment, and I would absolutely love to hear you break it down in a future video! I believe it would be very interesting to see how a smaller nation, compared to Poland deals with the similar situation

[@souvikkar4902]

THank you for your video. It is helping me a lot in my assignment and also giving me an insight of a very different country. Sharing respect from India

[@frankvander7215]

It is truth that Poland has low birth rate. Though Russia has even lower birth rate and much higher death rate. In the coming decades Russia will face huge demographic pressure on her underpopulated areas from countries in south Asia, mainly from China. Year by year a danger of Russian invasion of Poland is going to solve itself by natural means. Russia simply doesn't have enough people to invade Poland. Small Bangladesh has higher population than enormous Russia.

[@maqus79]

lol 2 M Ukrainians may help with population in Poland. Dont you think. Especially their childrens who will be educated as Poles

[@b.malinowski302]

​@Imper 5 Being one of the nations lucky enough to conquer some large territory and than go through industrial revolution sooner than others has no meaning anymore. There are no superhumans on this planet.

[@b.malinowski302]

@Imper 5 Hopefully they won't try to sell them. And even then, these are still not the thing an average entrepreneur would buy for his factory, or a mass consumer would want to have in his/her garage or kitchen. :) There's no coming back.

[@b.malinowski302]

@Imper 5 They may never have lost their talent, but You can't build your prosperous society, economy or alliances with countries like Poland just on terror and threats. Most of the society feels that they owe us a lot for what they did, and continuing to point at us with rockets will not help their cause in PL. We've been there before with Russia, with wars in every century ever since the XVth. After stopping being a regional superpower ourselves and experiencing RU domination or occupation twice, we will just ally with anyone powerful enough to beat them. If they destroy the oligarchy and become a normal state, they will no longer feel such a pressing need for nukes. :) As for oligarchy in Poland, remember that we have been already calling ourselves the "Republic" back in XVIth Century. Accordingly, we are and have been kind of different from Russians. It takes a proper spirit to tolerate any absolutum dominium, and we're not having it. Especially not after undergoing the Russian "therapy".

[@b.malinowski302]

@Imper 5 As for all those fancy hypersonic tools for murderers, recognising Russians as non-superhumans implies any of their equipment being replicable, including by stealing. And who could be the ones to do the stealing and replicating? Maybe Russia is already fighting its second Battle of Kulikovo with a foreign power, without even realising. Someone has to provide the road, and the belt.

[@eliasfrahat7074]

Maintaining it existence and independence

[@jacondo2731]

poland can into space.

[@salokin3087]

Elias Frahat ironic coming from an iraqi flag profile

[@salokin3087]

Elias Frahat by emigrating all across Europe?

[@eliasfrahat7074]

Salokin halo :) how ?? And I don't understand the second comment :/

[@salokin3087]

Sabri Asmar Poles emigrate all over europe and the world while opposing immigrants and you call that "maintaing its existence"?

[@richert8]

The US should move its military bases from Germany to Poland.

[@angryman132]

They do have many bases in Poland too, I have a friend in a tank division in Poland right now

[@bartekmazurek456]

@BARBATVS 89 looks like someone forgot to take the medicines today ;d

[@jirislavicek9954]

Exactly. Polish would appreciate American presence unlike Germans.

[@brianjonker510]

I have watched a few episodes from Caspian report. The breadth of your topics is stunning and seems to come with a real understanding for the local issues

[@Swede_4_DJT]

You got yourself a new subscriber and a thumps up. Great channel! Regards from Sweden

[@AndreAndFriends]

We used to be together. Love Swedish brothers

[@AndreAndFriends]

Trump👍🇵🇱🍺

[@ferdynandsandomierski8452]

Love my country! Greetings to all nations who want to live in peace and work towards economic success

[@MMire-qo7vk]

Shrivan please do one on understandin the Ethiopian mindset and another on kenya and another of East Africa in general coz thats where the heat is at lately

[@MMire-qo7vk]

Georgy Plocko yeah it would be great to know what their policy makers are strugling with

[@asperhes]

He's already done one on the Nile River Dispute which deals with Ethiopian and East African poltics to some degree.

[@MMire-qo7vk]

asperhes yes but he didnt cover the political mindset and geopolitical interests of those countries and what makes them the hot cake of international trade lately, why everyone wants a base in Djibouti, why so many countries are involved in somali affairs behind the scenes, why china and USA are fighting over the market dominance in that region, why USA chose Ethiopia as the first country they make a deal with, and how those countries are coping with this new modenr scrumble for Africa once again and how this could change things around for those countries

[@vasilikichaintini722]

Thank you so much for these videos! I have been following you for a while and your work is amazing! If I wasn't a struggling student I would support you and your team. Well, if you continue to do videos I hope to be able to contribute in 2 to 3 years:)

[@AtheusMaximus]

Not all is lost. Fertility rate is growing in Poland. Its about 1,4 , depends on a city. Polish government really opened up its coffers and implemented social programs for young couples/parents. Russia on the other hand has also aging population and a lot of other problems like HIV epidemic, organized crime, alkoholism, income inequality. Currently all those issues are not being addressed by the Russian government which will make them worse in the future.

[@jamestang1227]

Unless the government can somehow: 1. Pay for the entire childhood of a new child and 2. Convince people (with money or something) to stay in Poland, Poland's population will continue to decline. Singapore has tried to subsidise raising children in order to boost birth rates but it doesn't doesn't work and Poland also has to deal with they massive emigration issue.

[@maqus79]

you think wrong. Even if the grants do not help in increasing the population, thousands of people from the east come to Poland (and they are culturally convergent people, for example, 2 million Ukrainians whom Poland has recently received). Children who begot will be 100% Poles and take over Polish values. So Poland will not have a natural increase problem for the next 100 years.

[@alexanderkalinchenko4038]

@ScarletDespair Wow, look who is talking, The Central Balkanizer himself. Funny thing, we don t give a fuck about poland as well! But do try to balkanize Russia and for the 100th time in history Russia will show you " who is who" ...

[@aaabbb-qv4ff]

Sorry it is not. Polish program 500+ is a social program (not about fertility rate, and government admit this). The program is not working, we had ~1.3 and have ~1.4 and spend bilions... Poland law must change to give people more freedom and possibility to develop. Now almost every decision is dependent by civilian officer witch is an nightmare. People don't make kids cause country instructs parents how they can nurture they kids - education, vaccines, etc. Taxes are high, biurocratics is very big, courts are ineptly and slow. This must to change so kids can born.

[@SyriuszWarlock]

You have prepared very very well for this video. Great job and understanding of our soul.

[@James-zh6nf]

POLAND CAN INTO SPACE!

[@Vitalis94]

www.flickr.com/photos/redaktor/19843696135

[@monkofdarktimes]

It was into space

[@maqus79]

we have been there and its cold :)

[@JongeKroost]

I'm always a bit disappointed by the comments on Shirvans video's. People are mostly concerned with proving their country is 'the best' and why other countries are failing/evil because of muslims/the eu/zionism/etc, instead of learning about and viewing the world in a objective way. People really don't seem to get the message of this channel, which is rather ironic. Anyway great video as always. Thanks.

[@aaabbb-qv4ff]

Hmmm I think Polish people get the message. We understand that from time to time we or the germany or russia are stronger or weaker. But when we are stronger we don't invade them, and when they are stronger they invade us - that is a BIG difference. We don't exterminate 7 millions of people, we don't rush few more to Siberia. This is true that we don;t want it to happens and we secure our position by doing deals with USA, but also with rest of Europe and try to expand the NATO and EU it self so there can be trade not wars. But they are some countries that wave a different point of view.

[@AlZagi_Cro5003]

Will you do video about Croatia?

[@889581]

Everything that you need to understand Poland in one video! Good job !!!

[@rokoobradovic8901]

Why isn't Croatia shown as a NATO member on the map?

[@Quickshot0]

Maybe the map maker made a mistake? Croatia seems to have been a full member since 2009, so it's not a very recent thing either.

[@HistorixCRO]

He mentioned it was a 2008. situation. You can also see that Albania is not shown as a member and they joined in 2009. just like Croatia.

[@igorjajic6898]

BECOUSSE YOU ARE PART OF SERBIA

[@rokoobradovic8901]

Igor Jajic you are an intellectual, your mother must be very proud of you

[@slobodanput]

Serbians use every oportunity to shit on Croatia and they talk about us having inferiority complex.

[@coach-piotr]

Im myself Polish and I found your content very well prepared. Great job buddy

[@TWE_2000]

In May Poland offered the U.S. $2 billion for a permanent American military base to be stationed in Poland. I hope we take them up on the offer and move our most of our troops from Germany to Poland, the U.S. and Poland seem to be much more aligned then we are with western Europe.

[@10hawell]

Poland loves US❤️

[@TWE_2000]

QwertMaster so your saying Russians want a U.S. military base in their country. Doesn't sound like a move any Russians would make.

[@oliverreads1536]

Well Qwert, if Europe wants to be Islamofascist, so be it. Poland should pull out of EU now that it pays in more than it gets and watch how the Western half deals in times of austerity. ;)

[@jsparrow2563]

Oliver Reads since when is poland paying more to the EU than they are getting back? Link/source please

[@oliverreads1536]

I like my Russian friends, I just don't trust their government nor their usual trolls.

[@Ampersanderp]

Where did you find those excellent clips of the Winged Hussars and Swedish Karoliners?

[@robertkrasnodebski6292]

God bless Poland, Ukraine and Belarus

[@thedude4795]

belarus is Moscows lapdog

[@mrlollz1849]

@@thedude4795 Belarusians hate the Russian bastards.

[@Bilbo1teaBaggins]

@@poloziki9990 No, we hate people who call our country "Belarussia". We have a legend which says that there is a room in the hell where people who called Belarus a "Belarussia" during earth life are studying the Belarusian and all its dialects.

[@covfefe1787]

@@Bilbo1teaBaggins it literally means white Russia Ukraine and Belarus are soviet created puppet states they never existed before 1945 and independently in 1991 Ruthenians existed before but they became Russified Ukrainian is a made up language little Russian mixed with Polish while Belarusian is polish mixed in with a bit of Russian I can understand Belarusian 80% these are former polish lands Ukraine did not form its first state until 1919 that was communist then independence again in 1991.

[@thegrandlord2914]

Poland's most devastating natural disaster: NEIGHBORS

[@antoniogramsci8217]

Fighting Germans is a duty, fighting Russians is a passion. Basically

[@Andrij_Kozak]

Germans and Russians are for us Ukrainians also enemies. They want currently to reach a deal so that we surrender our occupied territories completely. German President Steinmeier pressures us to leave our Army from our own country in the fight against Russia right now in Donbas.

[@Desh282]

Ha ha ha ha I like that - from a Russian

[@ameral-zohiry5891]

@@Andrij_Kozak ukrain is Russia

[@Andrij_Kozak]

Amer Al-zohiry fuck off bastard!

[@simonsimonovic4478]

@@Andrij_Kozak Ukraine is poorest country in Europe, is it because of Russia.?

[@dabmic1978]

Shirvan, I am sad to hear that Ytbe is screeeeeeeeewnig you up as well. Good job mate. Nice video, a bit shallow presentation of current affairs and political, ideological, economical and geopolitical conflict between Poland as part of eastern EU block and the west EU block, but I understand it is impossible to present it fully in 15 min video. Respect, looking forward to see you view about former Yugoslavia, cause that is probably the most interesting part of European history of last 30 years.

[@SebiJupanu]

Romania and Poland have similar geopolitical struggles and they are the natural allies in the region.

[@luzak067]

I am Pole and I'am interested in geopolitics. . First of all Poland is an extremely important land due to its geographical location. Poland lies on the Central European lowland and that passes the main trade routes connecting Asia with Europe as well as potential directions of military attacks (both east to west, and west to the east) as there is no mountain ranges limiting projection of military power. We are as well gate from Rimmland to Heartland - areas described in the Mackinder concept, considered to be the father of contemporary geopolitics. Poland currently is on the crossroads and we have to answer the question. Do we want to integrate with German system (EU) or building something new with USA. Orienting ourselves on Germany, we provide somehow economic stability and integration with western Europe, however, in this way we lose the ability to decide about ourselves and we become the buffer zone of Germany, depriving ourselves of building our own core as it was in time of Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth were we have been more powerfull than our neighbours but what is more important Germany can't provide SECURITY for Poland as its army is weak, underfunded and can not face the danger of Russia. In another hand USA needs Poland as a wedge embedded between Russia and Germany to prevent them from cooperating. The US has sufficient military strength, in contrast to Germany, to guarantee Polish security and they support construction of Intermarium - Polish geopolitical project gathering Central European countries being some kind of successor of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, .as it was confirmed by President Trump, taking part in the first historic summit of the Intermarium countries in 2017. Previous government opted for EU and Polish-German cooperation but current one is clearly in favor of the USA and efforts are now being made that the USA supports Poland economically in the construction of this project. If the Intermarium will rise, it will have over 100 million people and access to 3 seas : Baltic, Black and Adriatic becoming the largest and most populous state in Europe after Russia. I have no idea why You did't mention Intermarium in this video as it is a MAIN topic among polish geopoliticians. As Pilsudski - Polish nationa hero said : "Poland will be great or it will not be at all"

[@yarpen26]

Funny to read your comment two years on. Nobody within PiS has mentioned this retarded and unfeasible idea since that stupid Trump summit. As befitting an organized crime syndicate posing as a national government drawing the country dry of any and all revenues it might muster.

[@lunaris7235]

even as a german, I'd say that a strong and completely souvereign Poland would be benifical in nearly every regard for europe

[@thegreattimur6051]

Dann bist du nicht deutsch...

[@gskibum]

KZbin blocks ads on your videos? That is completely absurd! Glad I'm a Patreon.

[@aaronbogatch548]

The United States will never come to help Poland in improbable case of any Russian invasion. America will not fight Russia over Poland. Just like England and France did not fight Germany over Poland although there was such a treaty. And Russia is much bigger power now than Germany was at that time.

[@arkad6329]

You tell all the US and allied troops doing constant training in Poland that. Not to mention, he was wrong that the US would need a month to respond to a Russian invasion. US units in Germany do convoy training biannualy. The major focus of such training: get a division size armor element to Poland in under a week.

[@bratbrata4974]

Russia is not able to take over the whole of Ukraine. There is no money for war. Nothing destroys her alone. During the USSR, 40% of the military budget was spent, while the US spent 5%. And modern Russia is not growing up to what the USSR was, occupying half Europe and making a profit. A colleague let himself be inflated with propaganda. I would suggest to blow some air out of the balloon.

[@georgeurbanski860]

I am a Pole with background in history and I have admiration for how well you prepared the material.

[@mrandorex7495]

Love to all mah Polish bros! 🇭🇺♥️🇵🇱

[@polishwhite2282]

[@SensatiousHiatus]

Another great episode...as always!

[@rchetype7029]

We need to re-form the Polish-Lithuianian Commonwealth.

[@SantomPh]

While close, the two countries are basically a friendly divorced couple- the Lithuanians are now Baltic-oriented while the Poles are looking west to Germany and France. So much that 2 million Poles moved abroad. Ukraine is close to Poland but has its own issues with Russia . The Commonwealth was what happens when one country uses traditional power structures to lock another under its thumb

[@SirFaceFone]

Poland should form Międzymorze

[@markg1531]

God forbid! Lithuania caused the demise of Poland. Poland is true Poland without Lithuania, Belarus and Ukraine.

[@magma2680]

@@SantomPh not only that but taking back Belarus is as unrealistic as it gets as they would somehow have to take belarus without involving russia.

[@jirislavicek9954]

The Lithuanians cannot wait 🤣🤣🤣

[@tomaszradecki220]

Thank you. I was wondering whether or when you would pick this topic up for analysis.

[@afg5375]

Much respect mydudes, from Romania !

[@P38-g3l]

It would be good to have an update of this report. Best Regards, Jay

[@dreammfyre]

The country of Kurwa, Vodka and The Witcher.

[@fuckyshityfuckshit]

CYBERPUNK MA BOI

[@damian4926]

Simply beauty.

[@deepankdevate2183]

And amazing prog rock bands

[@douchebagowicz8644]

Sniper video game

[@douchebagowicz8644]

Signum lack of sex recently my friend?

[@MrEifan]

yet another great piece of work shirvan...i thank you please make geopolitical analysis of yemen, i think you'll find it very interesting

[@lordnicholasbuzanthefearle2155]

Please do the Geopolitics of Ex-Yu countries. Later you can do a Series in which you will analyze each country independently.... Greetings from Sarajevo; Bosnia.

[@jerzykrzeminski7692]

I'm curious how Bosnia is doing.

[@lordnicholasbuzanthefearle2155]

Currently, Bosnia is going trough her biggest political crisis since the war. The bosnian croat politicians, backed by Zagreb have managed to induce an artificial crisis, trough the Constitutional court, where we are not able to implement the results of the oncoming elections in October this year. No implementation means no government. No government means increasing the power of the separatist Serb entity of republic of srpska and the separatist regions where bosnian croats live. An armed conflict could be possible if the Serb republic tries to use this anarchy and tries to secede.

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

What is the public perception in the Serb camp? There are rumblings of secession? Do the young Serbs want blood? What of the young in the other communities? How do they feel? It will be the young who fight or refuse to fight.

[@eduardocajias5626]

Jerzy Krzemiński... So am I! But I am also curious about Macedonia and Montenegro (Crna Gora?).

[@Q_QQ_Q]

all busy whoring out their women

[@markbeck8384]

I found this very honest and very interesting. Thank you.

[@largezo7567]

Finland could learn a thing or two from Poland

[@kanteleensoittaja549]

Any country chooses finlandization over germanification

[@oliverreads1536]

Really? I think you need to look at some economic graphs Jose.

[@ferdynandsandomierski8452]

Love Finland! Greetings from Poland, we always have your back

[@dawidlyczko381]

Finland has got a beautiful history of defending its citizens earsing from the map. You need only get angry :)

[@patricecharbonneau8565]

Strong support for Finland (and Poland) from France.

[@overlord165]

4:18 Is that a map of NATO? If it is then it's missing Croatia and Albania, two countries that have been members of NATO since 2009 (9 years ago), and a more recent member Montenegro. Saw in the comments that you might've ment in 2008-situation

[@ThePinkMadcap]

Would be nice to make one report on Romania too. Though it didn't have the same impacting presence throughout history as Poland did, it is an interesting perspective on NATO geopolitics in the southern half of Eastern Europe (seeing how along with Poland, Romania has the anti missile shield so that NATO can act against Russia)

[@10hawell]

Poland

[@b.malinowski302]

@BARBATVS 89 That's right, because the Romans are no more, Sir. Why do you care?

[@Hannodb1961]

4:43 Why spoil your video by including footage of Jacob Zuma?

[@Canadian789119]

How about the natural gas pipeline with Denmark? Polands is tight on imagration but their demographic conditions have allowed for some foreign migration.

[@10hawell]

We have a large immigration from Ukraine, but Ukrainians are like Poles with a Russian accent so in a few years Ukrainians will return to Ukraine for an HOUR to vote in a referendum for unification with Poland and we will be happy because the Black-Baltic sea bridge will be secured and steal Russia some money from river transportand and they will be happy because the Oligarchy in Ukraine will die.

[@Canadian789119]

I am learning Polish as my family is ukranian. Just easier to start I noticed with Polski than Ukranian.

[@SantomPh]

The EU have enabled Poles to move to any EU member state and displace the locals. And yet they refuse to or are unable to cater to any EU member trying to move there

[@sebekglab]

SantomPh What do you mean? You can go at any time to Poland find work and live there. Only difference is that you will not be able to live of government benefits there like in Germany.

[@Spainog]

Great work as usual, you shoud make a video to explain the KZbin demonateization issues

[@ianmackenzie686]

IMHO, a polish alliance with a strong ukraine will result in the kind of security and influence poland seeks. God willing this will happen. Poles are an intelligent people and are a great value to humanity as a whole, not just to europa.

[@ianmackenzie686]

Whatever it takes. Not a damn thing vlad can do about it either and he knows it.

[@douchebagowicz8644]

Signum where are you from exactely?

[@douchebagowicz8644]

Signum don't be shy and share with us your country of origin. I hope you are not ashamed of where you are from, sweety?

[@douchebagowicz8644]

QwertMaster solidarity in or regarding what?

[@douchebagowicz8644]

Signum nah, you seem like kind of person impossible to offend. Any female relative raped by a muslim yet btw?

[@Mr.Nichan]

3:27 Why does this footage look like someone is photographing a tiny model city with tiny people in it?

[@ЯковФинкельштейн]

Polish occupants #1612NEVAFORGET , I'm kidding Poland is cool LOL esp. the language.

[@pacthug4life]

I wish more people both in Russia and Poland would think this way.

[@zisanshahriar2779]

Shirvan, nothing to say about the content, amazing as always. But the 1st minute the footage of Poland was lagging. I thought it was due to slow internet but the lag remained even after I saw in 720p. The rest of the video was normal. Again, for most of the video, only the center of the video looked in focus, the edges were barely recognizable. This distracted me very much. Please look out for this kinds of problems. They degrade the quality of your video though it has no actual significance.

[@alexanderchenf1]

Long live the Commonwealth and Golden Liberty!

[@HxH2011DRA]

Damn 80%???? Sorry to here that man, glad I've been able to support ya this year!

[@kuntalsarma5106]

Another great video. You could have also mentioned about the US installation of anti-missile defense systems in Poland in 2008, which enraged the Russians more.

[@MenkoDany]

I don't know if it's youtube being youtube - but the video quality is terrible! Stutters appear everywhere, despite forcing 720p I get periods of extremely low bit rate portions of the video

[@oliverreads1536]

Sounds like the video was still being uploaded when you watched it.

[@helpinghands1122]

Worked with Polish people and they were in frontline to discriminate Muslims in the UK until Brexit happened and same British far rights who used them against Muslims now attacking Polish far rights!

[@whatever-ev6xz]

ibsy sounds like a british thing to do

[@jamestang1227]

This is what we in the academic world call a clusterfuck.

[@cokurde]

typical brits are typical, stereotypes are stereotypes, uk is multiculti poland is poland. greetings!

[@cv4809]

ibsy I like poles even more after reading this

[@davincicode2997]

So the local racists are also racist against foreign racists? Imagine my surprise.

[@dadude4960]

westerners love to slam Visegrad. but the situation can't be compared. e.g. my country, Sweden, has almost full control over Russian banking and telecommunications. Germany has the Czech mountains in the south and dense forests on the border with Poland. geographical defense. and most importantly: Western Europe hasn't been invaded by all of its neighbors several times during the last 100 years, unlike Poland, Czech, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Croatia or Serbia. these nations have been destroyed several times during the last century. starting as part of the Austro-Hungarian empire under the Habsburgs, leading to non-existence during the war, to several wars and invasions ever since. it is better to compare this dilemma with nations in similar situations: Angola, Israel, Palestine, Chechnya, Armenia and Georgia. of course these nations are xenophobic. remember what a couple of thousand Bavarian workers did in Czechoslovakia after 70 years of migrating to the country? a country of 26 million lost about 10 million of its population during and after the war (due to genocide, mass-deportation and mass-emigration). Poland completely transformed geographically. do not forget that Czechoslovakia was allied with France and Poland with Britain. the Munich agreement should also tell you a story of how trustworthy the West European nations are. and lets not forget that the Soviets weren't equal allies. this union of Central European nations, which have been forced to be part of Eastern Europe do share the fear of foreigners due to history. the German immigrants murdered millions of Poles, Czechs and Slovaks during the war. are you so surprised by the reaction of Poles, Czechs, Slovaks and Hungarians to the refugee crisis? add to that, assholes that blow themselves up and run trucks through the crowds of people. and lets not forget the tragedy of Kosovo: a region within Serbia, which was full of refugee camps after the war. ending with a bloody civil war just 50 years later. immigration can cause issues for the existing population. Kosovo, Czechoslovakia and Israel are prime examples... we may not agree with the strategies of these 4 nations, but stop being a typical western cunt and understand the issue. the world you live in, where your existence is guaranteed, isn't shared by all nations.

[@TheCJUN]

Well, Poland is at negligible to zero risk of invasion. The Baltic states, though. Above zero.

[@vladyslavpidlisnyi]

--- Some countries in the region are already invited ---

[@nunodiogo5745]

Can you make a video on the geopolitics of Portugal?

[@pasquinomarforio]

Kudos. Accurate in most ways except that you have severely underestimated the United States response time to preserve Poland. You should review the overwhelming superiority of American air assets. And it's strategic lift capabilities. Then consider the American Stryker Brigade Combat Team . Ideally, a Stryker brigade should take only 96 hours to get into action, with an entire division being able to hit the ground 120 hours. This, while still being survivable and heavily armed enough to hold off medium enemy formations. And then, of course, you have three divisions of United States Marines. 72 hours for a MEU. 96 hours for a MEB. 120 hours for an entire Division. Now, you might consider, correctly, just how important Poland is to United States Foreign Policy in its ability to offset both Russia AND Germany. Current predictions of United States and Poland's relationship is that the United States will make Poland the Economic powerhouse in Eastern Europe, akin to what it built in South Korea. Precisely for the same reason.

[@Canadian789119]

You could also consider US and Germany have units stationed right on Russian Border. To the East of Polska. So if Europe and US are indeed allies of Poland, than they do not have much to worry about from Russaj

[@pasquinomarforio]

Czeekaj: It's worth nothing that the 'European' Army, with Germany at it's center, can't even field a whole division. 80% of NATO's forces are provide by the United States and Turkey. Germany vetoed a Polish request for NATO bases in Poland. This required the United States to provide, through a bi-lateral agreement, with Poland, the stationing of American Troops in Poland, and establishment of it's own bases there.

[@bratbrata4974]

If there is a conflict with Russia. Russia will want to block European ports. That Americans could not chew equipment to Europe. They will detonate nuclear weapons of sufficient power on the Atlantic near the European coast to trigger a tsunami to destroy the port infrastructure. This should give Russia time to occupy Europe. As for Armi German. This is a joke right now. In addition, we must remember that Germany has always been a silent ally of Russia. Despite the alliance in NATO, Poles do not pretend to be Germany.

[@jirislavicek9954]

@@bratbrata4974 you are watching too many fantasy movies

[@arturbaleja3907]

Good point Poland needs some superpower to protect itself, but it works best, when Poland is the superpower in question like in 17th century.

[@prepperjonpnw6482]

This video is full of good information but it is difficult to follow due to the monotone narration. Try pausing a second or two at the end of each sentence. Also insert a longer pause as you complete each train of thought. Work on including a bit of emotion from time to time. Cadence works as well.

[@ayhambashaireh5068]

His narration is a main reason why we love his channel. He is perfect the way he is.

[@Bobthesnob]

I don't know how well you know this channel, but a few months ago he released some vids with another narrator and the comments went bananas. His following absolutely love his voice...

[@crumcon]

number 1 reason why i watch his videos instead other channels, his way of speaking fits really well

[@onemillioneuros23]

We like the way he speaks. We're not here for a theatrical style report.

[@GregTom2]

Absolutely out of the question. His tone is professional and represents his unaligned and unbiased point of view; and his accent is indecipherable enough that he seems like a reasonable impartial judge to any situation. If you want "a bit of emotion from time to time" just go back to watching top 10 lists. As for attention span, did you ever try watching videos at double speed? I personally can't go back to regular speed.

[@TheBartianObserver]

Wow, didn't expect for my friends to be shown here. Let me introduce you - starting at 2:07, the Yellow Regiment reconstruction group, based in the old castle of Gniew. Moreover, my father is an honour member as the unprecedented "gemein-major", being the retired officer of the Polish Army. A hello to all of you from the marvelous region of Polish Prussia!

[@grzegorzwardzinski3850]

Poland is not anti-Russian. Anti-russian-politics - yes. But not against the Russians. Greetings to our russian neighbours.

[@pikulis]

More about current politics than geopolitics, unfortunately. Could have said so much more about the history of fights for control of river systems, importance of crucial land choke points, soil fertility, trade routes past and present, crucial importance of creating a coordinated political body between the Baltic and the Black seas, which is at the core of Polish geopolitical aims since at least 14th century and so on. Great channel, lots of room for improvement. Keep it up!

[@Vitalis94]

The pronounciation of the Polish capital is a little bit strage. Either use Varshava or Warsaw. Instead, we hear Varshawa used many times in this video.

[@poonczey]

eh, not like the 'Vizeh-grahd' resebles at all how it should be pronounced.

[@Vitalis94]

Well, at least he tries to use native names.

[@czeslav19]

Its very nice of him that he is trying instead of going an easy route. Even with a mistake, its still does a better job of adding a little bit of "polish vibe".

[@dzejrid]

Still better than some people trying to pronounce "Wroclaw" the English way... ...Roklau...........................

[@jefitoo]

Who cares.

[@TheMystery51]

Was this a re-post? I feel like I have seen this video before..

[@Airguardian]

Trying to prevent others from invading them... Proceeds to help America invade other countries. So much for a moral highground. (Great video though)

[@douchebagpatrol7237]

poles prob dont care about a moral high ground they just wanna save their own asses in any future invasion of their country :P

[@jakubzych5590]

well, no better way to train and test our military in production :P also we have some arrears in invading other continents (were busy producing food for Europe during colonial age). "Universal" moral highground was hardly ever a feature of any European country, right?

[@jakubzych5590]

freeloader, lol. actually Poland gave military assistance, Obama gave nothing back. whatever tho.

[@DRsideburns]

Airguardian So it turns out moral high ground is not a practical national security measure

[@wilhelmheinzerling5341]

Moral high ground wont mean much when youre dead

[@mrlollz1849]

2008 crisis didint effect Poland.We are completley independent and Germany needs us more than we need them.

[@pirateship6112]

Where did I hear that one before🇬🇧🇩🇪🇪🇺

[@qepoopeq4009]

Hahahahaha, co za baran

[@littleray3899]

Do the future world powers or the countries who will be least in trouble in a crisis.

[@alankochan]

This is a very mediocre breakdown of Poland, its geography and history. Too many opinions and blatantly wrong statements

[@TheNordo2]

Very good informations, Shirvan. Polish geopoliticians are saying the same words. Some of them speaks even that Poland has to be imperialistic (in the XVI and XVII century way, not XX century totalitarisms), becouse if it doesn't, it will be client state. Unfortunatelly, our politicians are democrats, so they thinking in short term and populist manner, but if we faceing so strong historical opponent, we desperetly need long term plans (not "long plan" like in communists countries, to be clear). We also need money... I don't mean loans, but a good trade partners and healthy - accessible for masses economy, in which our politicians are creepy-bad. Now our prime minister is keyensist with solidarity for unions, we have also high taxation on work and growing costs of living. Polish debt is also growing, as well state-own companies on our stock exchange (now state-own companies are worth more than 50% on our stock ex, privates have less than 50%). Our army is underfounded, has many vacats and really bad locations (eg. Warsaw isn't protected at all), and those informations aren't secret. The future doesn't look colorfull and our allience with USA is shacky, becouse USA supports Israel more than us, and Israel has political-financial claims on us, and USA failed to stifle israelian claims. Maybe we should go with Germany and China? Our geopoliticians sometimes asking that questions...

[@noobster4779]

going with germany is actually the best strategy longterm. The german economy is always in need of "less advanced" products and within the EU poland can sell their stuff competitive. Outside of the EU free market they cant compete with china or india also germany has 0 intention of attacking poland. Germany wants to maintain the status quo or a bit more EU, but under no cercumsatnces a war within EU borders. The US as an ally is like playing Poker...

[@Quickshot0]

The EU side of things does have as advantage that it doesn't seem to have a policy or even remote interest in military expansion. So in that respect it at least seems like a safer bet.

[@janrudnicki6111]

The EU is German tools just like the European Court of Justice.

[@Canadian789119]

Variation in allies is key I'd say. Good example is the pipeline from Denmark. To help guarentee Polish long term energy sources. Without to much influence from Russia which could dictate an unfair price. This is why as many allies as possible would be key. Polska should protect the złoty and currency. Including potentially domestic energy production is key for her sovereignty. I am pro-nuclear as it makes you self sufficent and potentially an exporter. Promoting reginal ties and Germany would approve of low carbon and could stop using so much coal. But many are not and liquid reactors had been underfuned since the Nixon era. Look at LTFR energy production, it can be done and China seems to be the most warming to the idea as it is very important long term for China with such dense population and energy needs for industry.

[@TheNordo2]

The bad thing with Germany (and by that with EU) is their pressure towards Russia and China. Germans have much more money and political power than us, so they want push back american influence in EU, and that's bad for NATO. It's bad for us, not only becouse we're allies to USA, but moreover we need NATO (Baltics too) and Germany can't defend us, becouse they cannot defend even themselfs with that army. Next thing against alliance with Germany is their rivalry with us for who would be main station for Belt&Road. We have better geography and position, but our infrastructure need founds - Germans contrary, but we winning with them politically becouse China would prefer 3 players to divade than only one (I mean Germany; Russia's shrinking and always will be Chinese client due to economy and population). Also Germans want us to be their puppet and they always looked down on us and other central-european states, like their colonies.

[@YNM44]

Thank you Shirvan for this video!

[@ryanarchen4830]

Please do the country of the Philippines.

[@brokenangel3937]

Its useless country.. Compare to its neighbours philippines are joke

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

Poland is one of the guardians of Europe, I like Poland and appreciate the culture and the history very much-so. I simply want it to continue to be a democratic and forward-thinking society, but Poland has more than earned the right to decide its own future.

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

Tbh, I can kinda see how people might think that. I see where you're coming from - I don't share that whole-sale, because they are effectively a buffer state between Western Europe and Russia and the UK seemed even more 'meh' in regards to the EU because they got all of the trade benefits without really having to commit to anything - but yeah, I can see why people might think that.