Michal Kranz

Michal Kranz is a freelance journalist reporting on politics and society in the Middle East, Eastern Europe, and the United States.

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A woman in sunglasses holds up a Georgian flag, with an EU flag wrapped around her shoulders.
A woman in sunglasses holds up a Georgian flag, with an EU flag wrapped around her shoulders.

How Russia Could Exploit Georgia’s Political Turmoil

Dispatch
Michal Kranz, Guga Chomakhidze
A mother in a black coat holds her child's hand walking through a crowd. The child is wearing a light blue coat.
A mother in a black coat holds her child's hand walking through a crowd. The child is wearing a light blue coat.

Fleeing Ukraine’s Last Safe Haven

Dispatch
Michal Kranz
Protesters hold out a giant Ukraine Flag. In the background another Ukrainian flag is held up and a Polish flag is also visible.
Protesters hold out a giant Ukraine Flag. In the background another Ukrainian flag is held up and a Polish flag is also visible.

How the Russia-Ukraine Crisis Is Turning Poland Into a Strategic Player

Analysis
Michal Kranz
Concertina wire along a Polish border crossing with Belarus.
Concertina wire along a Polish border crossing with Belarus.

Will Poland’s Border Emergency Become Permanent?

Dispatch
Michal Kranz
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How the Belarus Crisis Boosted Poland’s Ruling Party

Analysis
Michal Kranz
Lebanese protesters hold hands to form a human chain along the coast from north to south as a symbol of unity during ongoing anti-government demonstrations in Beirut on Oct. 27, 2019.
Lebanese protesters hold hands to form a human chain along the coast from north to south as a symbol of unity during ongoing anti-government demonstrations in Beirut on Oct. 27, 2019.

What the International Community Can Do in Lebanon

Argument
Michal Kranz
Supporters of Hassan Nasrallah, the head of Lebanon’s militant Shiite Muslim Hezbollah movement, watch him speak through a giant screen at a mosque in Beirut on Nov. 1.
Supporters of Hassan Nasrallah, the head of Lebanon’s militant Shiite Muslim Hezbollah movement, watch him speak through a giant screen at a mosque in Beirut on Nov. 1.

Hezbollah’s Old Tricks Won’t Work in Lebanon

Argument
Michal Kranz
Supporters of Hezbollah fly the group’s flag during an event marking the 11th anniversary of the end of the 2006 war with Israel in the village of Khiam in southern Lebanon on Aug. 13, 2017.
Supporters of Hezbollah fly the group’s flag during an event marking the 11th anniversary of the end of the 2006 war with Israel in the village of Khiam in southern Lebanon on Aug. 13, 2017.

Hezbollah’s Rainbow Coalition

Argument
Michal Kranz
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