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Poland is an EU and NATO member. You aren't getting any more West than that.
by hef19898 4y ago
Poland is an EU and NATO member. You aren't getting any more West than that.
- skissane 4y agoAt the UN, “the West” officially means the “Western European and Others Group” (WEOG). Poland is not a member, it is a member of the Eastern European Group instead. Of course, many consider the UN Regional Groups to be a bit of a Cold War relic. But still, it goes to show that whether or not Poland is part of “the West” all depends on how you choose to define “the West”
- mejutoco 4y ago"the West" does not officially mean anything, other than vaguely refer to Cold war sides. This is why it is not a very useful model (like left and right in politics). Poland is definitely Western aligned, as Japan or Australia, which shows the absurdity of this model.
- edgyquant 4y agoWho cares? The way normal people use the term “the west” includes Poland. Some bureaucracy saying it doesn’t is irrelevant.
- skissane 4y agoI think your assumption that “normal people” all use the term “the west” in the same way is highly questionable. Many “normal people” don’t really think about what the boundaries of “the west” are and either don’t have an opinion on whether or not Poland belongs in it, or else have a different opinion from yours.
- throw2311 4y ago[flagged]
- quonn 4y agoYes, both Bulgaria and Cyprus are without any doubt part of the west. Both are even part of the European Union. Claiming that they are not part of the west is laughable. Bulgaria is adjacent to Greece which is also part of the west. Culturally large parts of the Balkans are also part of the west.
- throw2311 4y agoThat's news to my family in Cyprus who very much think of themselves as living in the middle east.