Get the latest news and analysis covering Poland politics, foreign policy, diplomacy, international relations, and the current issues affecting Poland. Keep up to date on topics including Poland-Ukraine relations, Poland-Russia Relations, Andrzej Duda, NATO and EU membership, and immigration.
Poland Politics & Policy News
List of Poland Politics & Policy News articles
-
gettyimages-494175740crop Poland Was Never as Democratic as It Looked
The EU’s membership conditions only dressed up illiberal societies in democrats' clothing. Now we’re seeing the fallout.
-
fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 This Christmas, Watch These Classic European Holiday Flicks (and Home Alone)
Want a break from Love Actually? Try Six Degrees of Celebration.
-
fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Polish Ruling Party Passed Unconstitutional Laws, Now Controls Constitutional Tribunal
An Eastern European example of what happens when the institutions meant to stop unchecked power are taken over by it.
-
fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 EU Debates Poland’s Government on 35th Anniversary of Martial Law
The government has said the debate date is in bad taste. But who's really insulting democracy in Poland?
-
fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 In Poland, NATO Starts Military Exercises … But Not to Defend Liberalism
NATO exercises might protect Poland from the former seat of Soviet power, but they can't keep the Polish people safe from Soviet style governance.
-
fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Young Liberals of the Former Eastern Bloc on Trump: ‘We’ve Been There, Done That’
Many young liberals in the United States are calling Trump's election the rise of authoritarianism. But what do their counterparts in the former Eastern Bloc have to say?
-
fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 By the Covers: How the Foreign Press Sees the U.S. Vote
How newspaper covers around the world are covering President-elect Trump.
-
fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Lech Walesa Takes Credit for Trump’s Decision to Run for President
If an electrician could become president, why not a millionaire?
-
fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 After Mass Street Protests, Poland Backs Off of Proposal to Blanket Ban Abortion
A Polish official mocked women's plans to march, but 30,000 of them showed up anyway.
-
fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Poland Checks Moscow in Latest Battle Over European Missile Defense
In the back and forth over European missile defense, Poland makes the latest move
-
fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Feds Brought Down the World’s Biggest File-Sharing Site
It was back up two days later, showing the futility of keeping the illicit web down.
-
fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The NATO Summit’s Winners and Losers
Defense contractors and Eastern Europeans went home happy. Germans, Ukrainians, and Georgians, not so much.
-
fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 First, They Came for the Experts
Anti-intellectualism is clearing a path for the spread of populist demagogues across Western democracies.
-
fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Dragoon Ride (6): What Eastern Europeans say as they watch the U.S. and German militaries head toward Russia
Ultimately, the ability to find common ground will bind us together, even while unscrupulous, ill-intended agents seek to undermine that collective good, particularize us, drive us apart, and set us against one another.
-
fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Dragoon Ride (5): Flags up! The life of an Army XO heading east toward Russia
Orchestration implies organization and rehearsal. What an audience expects in theater or art becomes astonishing when encountered outside the confines of public performance.