How do you protect yourself from a knockout?
The European Union resembles a severely beaten boxer standing up to the next round with a dangerous opponent. At the beginning of 2020, this organization faced two consecutive blows: the…
Issue 2/2020
13 posts
Iraq’s Two Rivers
Part of this text is also in the MENA Monitor program of Warsaw Institute, and a similar version of it is featured as a Warsaw Institute Special Report. To those…
Interference of Chinese authorities in Hong Kong
A few days ago, together with a group of 787 other politicians, Member and former Chair of the European Parliament’s Subcommittee on Security and Defense (SEDE) Minister Anna Fotyga condemned…
The Battle Over Energiewende. Will Berlin Defend Its Energy Influence in Europe?
Black clouds are hanging over the Energiewende, Germany’s planned energy transformation, and also a vehicle for achieving Germany’s political goals in Europe. Will Berlin defend its great project from failure?…
Turkey: In Search of Energy to Fulfil Geopolitical Ambitions
In its foreign policy, Turkey has set an ambitious goal to become a regional power and even a top actor in a multilateral world. However, this might be imperiled if…
The liberation of the German concentration camp in Holýšov, Czech Republic, by the Polish Armed Forces
The Holy Cross Brigade, a tactical unit of the Polish National Armed Forces, was the sole partisan formation during World War II to have liberated a German concentration camp and…
The Mobility Package and the future of European transport
An interview with Kosma Złotowski, MEP by Berenika Grabowska The EU institutions have been working on the Mobility Package for over three years. They started on May 31, 2017, when…
Georgia in the face of challenges
So far, Georgians are effectively stopping the development of the COVID-19 epidemic, but this does not mean that the situation in the country is under control. The economic impact of…
Cyberspace – A New Dimension of International Conflicts
Cyber-attacks more and more often grab the headlines or feature in major news bulletins across the globe. They are all being discussed as a grave threat to state interests and…
The Augustów Roundup: Genocide in the shadow of Potsdam
While Europe had already enjoyed peace for a hundred days after the capitulation of Germany, out in the north-eastern corner of Poland, Soviet soldiers and communist security forces were perpetrating…