Mr Vivek Iyer could at least read one of the excellent histories of Poland which existed in English (or in most of the major European languages) and he could have perceived a stunning point: more than logic, Mr Sierakowski Polish (perhaps it is wrong and perhaps it does not represent the majority of the Poles, but at least knows what he is talking about when he speaks Of Poland), is concerned first of all by the future of its fellow citizens (and by the futur of the country where he lives). What he exposes is easy to understand even with an approximate knowledge of the European history of the last centuries.

In effey, Poland has since the Teutonic Knights a big problem of geographical position for a medium country in terms of power: on one side Germany (or an equivalent) and on the other Russia. History, and not a set of weak ideas, has shown that what was being played there is the survival of Poland itself.

The situation is not very complex (even if a problem with three interacting objects can prove to be). And my presentation of elementary evidences leaves me ashamed ! But it seems some do not understand the basic data of the international relations of this part of the world.

To make things too simple, being in Europe, ensures that Poland is able to ensure that Polish (and Polish) interests as a partner (in particular with respect to Germany ). And for the moment it works perfectly well for Poland: substantial financial aid, active participation in the drafting of European legislation and being the backyard of the German industry.

Russia, rightly or wrongly (but the Poles have good motives - believed in their flesh - to believe that this is right), has been perceived since the end of the Second World War as their intimate enemy (and as Mr Sierakowski said Mr Kaczyński is the real mad man on that subject). Since the fall of the wall some Poles have dreamed of America (which is quite silly because the Americans obviously do not have much to do with Poland: but I doubt that good Mr. Vivek Iyer loves enough America to be sorry for this fact). The arrival of Trump put a chill on these fantasmatic hopes (and I do not quote Freud here). Mr Putin, who can not afford his ambitions in the medium term (in the long run there may be natural resources, but I would not take bets on this), is clearly an opponent of the the European Union AND of Mr Kaczyński's Poland (and of all Polish governments I can think of).

Add to this a major demographic problem that will only get worse in the coming decades (for mechanical reasons).

In this context, LOGIC seems obvious: the European Union is the only best choice (and of course not a perfect one) for the Poles.