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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...

It should be on the conditions taking into account that Ukraine is able to fight Russia, able to stop Russia to take Kiev, and in the same way Ukraine is able to keep the integrity of its territory – which is the major rule of the international law – said...

The real point is how to solve this particular war and what to do in a larger sense to be able to survive on this planet – this question Dr. Małgorzata Bonikowska asked during The Debate With Arnab Goswami “World Rushes To India To Find Way Out Of Russia-Ukraine War”...

The Three Sea Initiative is a huge conglomerate of countries. It is not a coherent region – it has 100 million people and economic, political situation of these countries is different. So those countries may look at the war in Ukraine with slightly different eyes. Poland and Romania are key...

The American and Western European elites have ignored Putin’s warnings since 2007, reassuring themselves that they were acting for domestic political purposes and that Putin should not be annoyed or provoked. And they ignored the warnings of Poland and other Central European countries. Even after Russia’s annexation of Crimea and...

Warsaw was overjoyed, which was understandable in a way. But it was also a bit deceptive or even dangerous because Trump’s benevolence was a rather unreliable thing, simply because it was just benevolence, as opposed to a strategy. Biden, on the other hand, has a strategy. Many Germans found Poland’s...

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Russia tries to keep its influence in Central Asia, and Kazakhstan is the most important country in the region with many natural resources. So Russia cannot afford to lose control and it is acting now as a leading power in the Collective Security Treaty Organisation and provides help to the...