Poland is commonly regarded as the “diamond in the ring of friends” of Ukraine among EU Member States. This article examines the evolution of Poland’s sponsorship of Ukraine at the European level up until fall 2015, with some reflections on later developments. Drawing on a variety of primary and secondary sources, including semi-structured expert interviews, the article examines Poland’s policy along the lines of preferences and interests, institutions and procedures, and strategies and actions. The findings reveal persistent continuity despite considerable change in relevant context conditions. The end—Poland’s aim to support Ukraine’s European future—has remained intact over the decades, with only slight modification. Yet the understanding of the most efficient means—strategies and institutional structures—to achieve this end has altered, indicating a change in outlook. A number of nuances regarding the influence of Poland’s EU membership on Poland’s and EU’s Eastern neighborhood and specifically Ukraine policies, as well as the role of Ukraine-related developments, contribute to various strands in the literature on the relationship between EU policies towards the post-Soviet space and Central and Eastern European member states.

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相同的目的，不同的方式：波兰在欧洲范围内对乌克兰的支持的演变

在欧盟成员国中，波兰通常被视为乌克兰的“朋友圈中的钻石”。本文考察了直到2015年秋季，波兰在欧洲范围内赞助乌克兰对乌克兰的演变，并对后来的发展有一些思考。本文利用各种主要和次要资源，包括半结构化专家访谈，从偏好和利益，制度和程序以及战略和行动的角度考察了波兰的政策。尽管相关环境条件发生了重大变化，但调查结果显示出持续的连续性。最终目的是波兰支持乌克兰欧洲未来的目标，几十年来一直保持不变，只是稍作改动。然而，对于实现这一目标的最有效手段（策略和体制结构）的理解已经改变，表明前景发生了变化。关于波兰加入欧盟对波兰和欧盟东部邻国（特别是乌克兰政策）的影响以及与乌克兰有关的发展的作用，存在许多细微差别，这些因素在有关欧盟政策与后欧盟政策之间关系的文献中起了不同的作用。苏联航天以及中欧和东欧成员国。