Europa Środkowa jako obszar projektowania geopolitycznego

The problem of the geopolitical constructing of Central Europe appeared at the end of the 18th century. It was connected with several circumstances: the liquidation of the First Polish Republic as the largest Central European state; displacing Turkish influence from the Balkans; the modern nation-building processes and national movements of dominated nations that were initiated at this time and in this region. Attempts to geopolitical regulate the status of Central Europe because of the political dependability of this area were taken by external centers. It was element of the game between the global powers. The first striving in this direction can be seen in the Napoleonic era – in the policy of the French Emperor, Napoleon Bonaparte; then in Russian and later German and British projects. Then – already in the 20th century – such projects tried to undertake the elite of the reborn Poland, an eagerly seeking allies with which it could create a strong geopolitical alternative for Germany and Russia. Such project or perhaps more idea was the pre-war concept of Intermarium, and now it is the Three Seas Initiative. This article will provide an overview of all these conceptions.