Concepts of the Central and Eastern European attempts to stop Russian imperialism in the thought of Władysław Studnicki

The aim of the article is to highlight and confirm the validity of Władysław Studnicki’s concepts regarding the geopolitical security of the Central and Eastern European region. It seems particularly useful to pay attention to the strategic diagnoses of this thinker regarding the constant threat to the geopolitical order from Russian imperialism in the region of Central and Eastern Europe. The intellectual achievements of one of the most famous creators of Polish geopolitical thinking can, therefore, be perceived as a valuable key to gaining orientation in the dynamics of contemporary international relations. As part of this article, I focused on presenting the issues of the centuries-old Polish-Russian rivalry about gaining strategic control over the region of Central and Eastern Europe, which Studnicki called the “core of Eurasia” due to its geopolitical importance.