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Europe and Eurasia

Poland

  • Women and Economic Growth
    Women This Week: Digital Damage or Defense?
    Welcome to “Women Around the World: This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post covers November 2 to November 9.
    Blog Post November 6, 2020 Women Around the World
  • Poland
    Pompeo’s European Tour, Democrats’ Virtual National Convention, and More
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    U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo wraps up his trip to Central Europe with a visit to Poland, the Democratic National Convention is set to take place virtually, and the Special Tribunal for Lebanon is due to give its verdict on the killing of former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri.
    Podcast with James M. Lindsay and Robert McMahon August 13, 2020 The World Next Week
  • Syria
    Syrians Face Uncertainty, U.S. Democrats Debate, and More
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    Northern Syria faces an uncertain future after a U.S. military withdrawal, the fourth Democratic presidential debate is held in Ohio, and Poles go to the polls                      
    Podcast with James M. Lindsay and Robert McMahon October 10, 2019 The World Next Week
  • Europe
    Europe in Disarray
    History is far from over in Europe. To the contrary, it is back with a vengeance.
    by Richard N. Haass December 13, 2018
  • G20 (Group of Twenty)
    Trump Attends G20 Summit, and a UN Climate Summit Begins in Poland
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    World leaders convene in Argentina for the annual G20 summit, and a UN climate summit gets underway in Poland. 
    Podcast with James M. Lindsay and Robert McMahon November 29, 2018 The World Next Week
  • Poland
    What’s Next for Poland’s Democratic Decline?
    Once a role model for democracy, Poland has rapidly witnessed a series of illiberal moves that threaten the rule of law and its future within the European Union, says Agata Fijalkowski.
    Interview with Jakub Lewandowski and Agata Fijalkowski December 11, 2017
  • Donald Trump
    Trump in Warsaw: Introducing “Nationalist Internationalism”
    In his major speech in Poland today, President Donald J. Trump pledged that the United States will work with its allies to defend “Western civilization” from “dire threats to our security and way of …
    Blog Post by Stewart M. Patrick July 6, 2017 The Internationalist
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    The World Next Week: June 30, 2016
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    The British government faces challenges resulting from the Brexit vote, Poland hosts a NATO summit, and Juno peers through Jupiter.
    Podcast with James M. Lindsay, Elizabeth N. Saunders and Robert McMahon June 30, 2016 The World Next Week
  • United States
    What Andrzej Duda and Benjamin Netanyahu Have in Common
    What do Andrzej Duda and Benjamin Netanyahu have in common? The answer is Russia. Duda is president of Poland and Netanyahu is prime minister of Israel. For Poles, Russia is a never-ending problem …
    Blog Post by Elliott Abrams February 22, 2017 Pressure Points
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    Poland
    In this chapter preview from Pathways to Freedom: Political and Economic Lessons From Democratic Transitions, Grzegorz Ekiert and George Soroka examine Poland’s wholesale transformation from a Communist state to a successful and prosperous democracy anchored in the West.
    Expert Brief by Grzegorz Ekiert and George Soroka May 31, 2013
  • Elections and Voting
    Interview with John Micgiel and Andrew Nagorski on the upcoming Polish elections
    Twenty-five years after the birth of the anti-Communist Solidarity trade union, which is credited with contributing to the collapse of the Soviet government, Poland is poised to become one of Europe’…
    Interview with Lionel Beehner, Andrew Nagorski and John Micgiel September 23, 2005
  • Development
    Poland’s Economic Model
    Poland has maintained economic growth despite the global financial crisis and eurozone woes, while asserting itself as a leading advocate for greater European integration.
    Backgrounder by Christopher Alessi May 11, 2014
  • Poland
    Russians See U.S. Missile Defense in Poland Posing Nuclear Threat
    Pavel Felgenhauer, an independent defense analyst in Moscow, is pessimistic about a Russia-U.S. rapprochement in part because of enduring concerns about U.S. missile defense system plans.
    Interview with Pavel Felgenhauer and Bernard Gwertzman March 17, 2009
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