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Putin contributed to the revival of NATO and the revival of the West as an alliance of the United States and Europe, but also others, like Canada or Japan because Japan also belongs to the West, even though it is an Asian country. Today we encounter something that is the...

Smolar criticises the Polish Government for holding back information on the missile striking Southern Poland. According to Smolar, the Polish authorities were in possession of the information already a lot earier than they admitted and knew it could not have been a Russian missile attack. Smolar also criticises the Government...

In the context of the Kongres 590 in Rzeszów – Polish-Ukrainian economic forum of the labour market, economy and social economy – Surdel stated that it is vital to use the potential of thousands of Ukrainian refugees with higher education working on finding solutions to provide job opportunities enabling these...

On February 24, I was in Sri Lanka due to the economic crisis. Suddenly, all televisions in Asia started talking about Ukraine, but in fact, the public was only just beginning to realise where this country was. Only now has this region appeared on the mental map of the world....

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Bonikowska talks about the necessity of a common migration policy in the EU. Since 2015, she says, there has been an influx of migrants to southern member states. Now however, Europe and especially Poland face a bigger scale of immigration due to the Russian war in Ukraine. As political cooperation...

Bodnar assesess the controversial March of Independence stating there is not only scandal to be found in it but also a certain degree of expressing good patriotism when thinking about the geopolitical context. According to Bodnar, this MoI is also a gathering that shows Polishness, independence and territorial sovereignty which...

Adam Bodnar assesses the PESEL reform bill, which creates the new Chamber of Disciplinary Liability of the Supreme Court only from old judges selected at random and invalidates the verdicts of the Disciplinary Chamber by operation of law. Read more

Janusz Reiter comments on the planned construction of the first nuclear power plant in Poland due to start operating in 2033. An important investor is the American Westinghouse. Reiter assesses this investment as crucial for the US since it would contribute to the reconstruction of nuclear competences and cementing America’s...

Russia thinks that this is her chance – to separate us, break us, put into our minds a state of uncertainty, fears and maybe just the will to negotiate with Russia instead of supporting Ukraine – said dr. Bonikowska. I think there is a moment of fatigue, not only the subject...

In the policy paper “Poland’s Triagnular Russia Policy”, published at the Zentrum Liberale Moderne, Janusz Reiter writes that in the latest Polish politics one can observe a tendency to present the triangle of the three states Germany-Poland-Russia as a current geopolitical format. Furthermore, Reiter adds on Poland’s place in the...

Now, Ukraine, as well as the whole region of Central Europe with the Baltic Region, have their momentum, which can foster a better understanding of and a higher interest in this region. Generally speaking, I think there is not enough knowledge of our region in the Western world per se....

Of course we should fear them, and the EU was all about taming them. But what we have been facing now it is not just that objectives are wrong, but the mechanism has not been fully implemented in the manner that would involve not just the national elites of all...

The Czech Republic will continue all the efforts which started under the previous presidency – France and will want to leave at the end of the year with some results. That’s the role of the presidency – to push further, which is difficult, but to push further the things which...

Unseen and largely unremarked, work is already underway on a new forward-defense bulwark, NATO’s reimagined Eastern Flank extending from new alliance candidates Sweden and Finland in the Arctic to partner nations on the Black Sea, together with insulating the West from Russian expansionism. Discussions on this new geopolitical reality, created...

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“At the same time, however, the war in Ukraine showed that Europe only works effectively if one country exercises clear leadership. Currently, this role is played by the United States, but Macron believes that France could do it”, points out Dr. Bonikowska.  Read more: Emmanuel Macron: a European leader for...

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When Russia invaded Ukraine, Albright published an essay in the New York Times where she shared her impressions of the talks with Putin. In her opinion, the president of Russia has previously done a lot to strengthen his country, weaken and divide the West and spread many lies around the...

Currently, the main goal of the West in imposing restrictions on Russia is to cut it off from budget revenues so that it cannot wage war. Russia is making huge profits from the sale of hydrocarbons, and as long as these profits continue to flow, the Kremlin will have the...