Poland’s New Leader Seeks Greater Regional Unity, NATO Bases

It’s been a dream of some Polish leaders for nearly a century: an alliance of Eastern European countries running from the Baltic Sea down to the Black Sea that would keep Russia at bay.

Polish President-elect Andrzej Duda at the Pilsudski Square on the 71st anniversary of the insurgency, in Warsaw, Poland, on Aug. 1, 2015. AP Photo/Alik Keplicz

WARSAW, Poland—It’s been a dream of some Polish leaders for nearly a century: an alliance of Eastern European countries running from the Baltic Sea down to the Black Sea that would keep Russia at bay.

Poland’s conservative new president, Andrzej Duda, who took office two weeks ago, has already signaled that building such an alliance under Warsaw’s leadership will be a priority of his presidency.

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