WARSAW

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk unveiled a new ‘national doctrine’ on Friday based on the region's strongest military, economy and politics.

It was announced as peace talks continue concerning Ukrainian territory and anxieties about weakened US security in Eastern Europe.

“Maybe today it is worth announcing a new national doctrine, the Piast doctrine, based on strength - independence and affiliation based on strength,” Tusk said in the city of Gniezno, where Polish nationhood came into existence in 966 -- during celebrations of the millennium of Boleslaw the Brave's coronation.

Tusk said it would be based on the strongest army in the region, the strongest economy in the region and a strong political position.

“We are a great nation, together we create a political community and today we can say with full conviction that no party, no politician has a monopoly on Polishness. There must be a place for every Poland and every Pole under the white and red flag. Poland is one and Poland is immortal,” he said.

Poland has been hit hard by US President Donald Trump’s pivot on Ukraine support, which has exposed Warsaw’s unconditional support for US-led foreign policy since 1989. Warsaw fears Russian expansion into Ukraine and the Baltic States would threaten its security. The current government has mended relations with Germany, but European unification on militarization is thought unlikely to be sufficiently fast or large to deter Russian expansionism.

The House of Piast was the first historical ruling dynasty of Poland. The Piasts ruled until 1370 with the death of King Casimir III the Great. Two competing visions of Poland’s role in Europe have influenced Poland’s foreign policy since 1989 -- the Western-oriented Piast and a more Eastern-oriented Jagiellonian.