The EU Should Embrace Poland’s European Role
As the spectre of war looms over Europe once again, the European Union is busy battling with its own issues. The European Court of Justice has rejected the Polish and Hungarian challenge to the [...]
An Outlet for Political Dissent: environmentalism in the Soviet Union then and now
December marked 30 years since the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Be it the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the 20th century, a return to Europe or the beginning of a new era of [...]
The End of the Road: will Poland’s Law and Justice Party make it or break it in next year’s election?
Poland's conservative Law and Justice party (PiS) has been ruling the country for the past decade. Looking ahead at the 2023 election it seems like PiS is taking aim at a third consecutive win, [...]
Ain’t No Wall High Enough – as security trumps humanity on the Polish-Belarusian border, what is the fate of EU migration policy?
The crisis on the EU's eastern border has undermined Poland's human rights record and is a missed opportunity to show the full potential of inter-EU cooperation, writes Agnieszka Widlaszewska.
How Poland Exposes its Own Hypocrisy on Migration Amid Crisis with Belarus
Nicholas Morgan on the hypocritical handling of refugees by the Polish government.
Was Merkel Right That Poland’s PiS government Could Be Outlasted?
On 21 October, leaders from across the EU gathered in Brussels for what would be the final farewell ceremony to Germany’s departing chancellor, Angela Merkel. With warm tributes to her leadership [...]
The Beginning – reviewing Poland 1939: The Outbreak of World War II by Roger Moorhouse
"Armchair historians rejoice. Poland 1939: The Outbreak of World War II by Roger Moorhouse is the book you didn’t know you were waiting for." Book review by Katherine Leung.
The Legacy of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth: rhetorics of common past and its usage in contemporary East-Central Europe
"The stories of a common glorified past are not a recent invention. Especially in times of historical change, they help to raise the international prestige of a state and strengthen existing [...]
Europe calling: in search of a simple life
In this personal mix of storytelling and poems, we are taken on the life journey of a couple of expats, traveling from one country to the next in search of adventure, sometimes out of necessity, [...]