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A U.S. Bradley Fighting Vehicle is seen behind a U.S. flag during during a training session by U.S. soldiers in Nowa Deba, Poland. NATO’s Got a New Backbone
It’s time for the United States to prioritize members of the alliance that understand the Russian threat and are taking it seriously.
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Farmers harvest a wheat field in Ukraine's Kharkiv region on July 19, 2022, Wheat Is the New Fault Line for Ukraine in Europe
Eastern Europe is irate over imports of Ukrainian grain. That’s by design.
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Latvian President Egils Levits, Slovakian President Zuzana Caputova, U.S. President Joe Biden, Polish President Andrzej Duda, and other participants leave the podium after posing for a group photo in Warsaw. Ukraine Has Shifted Europe’s East-West Fault Line
Eastern Europe is in the driver’s seat. The West should buckle up.
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Jogaila and Jadwiga of Poland It’s Time to Bring Back the Polish-Lithuanian Union
A political construct created nearly 700 years ago offers solutions for Europe today.
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A photograph is seen near the memorial commemorating the Jedwabne pogrom in Jedwabne, Poland on July 29, 2021. How Poland Distorts Its Holocaust History
The Polish government’s ongoing war on historians documenting Poles’ complicity in massacres has led to a politically motivated distortion of the past.
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Brokers talk under a stock exchange board. Adam Tooze: How Poland Became an Economic Powerhouse
Its economy has skyrocketed since the end of communism, but so has its wealth disparity.
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A volunteer adjusts Polish and Ukrainian flags as refugees wait for transportation after crossing the Ukrainian-Polish border at the border crossing in Medyka, Poland, on March 9, 2022. How Poland and Ukraine Could Undermine Putin’s Imperial Dreams
Historically, both countries formed their national identities in defiance of Russian imperialism, and together they can defeat it today.
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Aerial view taken on November 17, 2022 shows the site where a missile strike killed two men in the eastern Poland village of Przewodow, near the border with war-ravaged Ukraine on November 15, 2022. Deaths in Poland Are a Warning for Everyone
Errant missiles from Ukraine are a reminder that wars can always escalate accidentally.
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The Polish and Hungarian prime ministers give a joint press conference. The End of the Affair
Europe’s illiberal alliance is disintegrating. Don’t get your hopes up though.
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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen shakes hands with Polish President Andrzej Duda at a press conference in Konstancin-Jeziorna, Poland, on June 2. Will the Ukraine War Return Poland to Europe’s Democratic Fold?
Europe and Poland need each other more than ever.
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Russians in Poland protest Poland Has Had It With Russia
The ratings are out: And Biden falls alongside Putin.
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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz Russia’s War Has Created a Power Vacuum in Europe
Moscow’s war and Berlin’s morally bankrupt response to it leave Europe without a leader.
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U.S. President Joe Biden and Polish President Andrzej Duda review a military honor guard during an official welcoming ceremony prior to a meeting in Warsaw, Poland, on March 26. The Battle for Democracy Can Be Won in Warsaw
The West has a unique opportunity to pressure the Polish government to restore the rule of law.
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The logo of Russia’s energy giant Gazprom is seen in Bulgaria. Russia Is Back to Blackmailing Europe Over Energy
Europe’s energy dealer is playing hardball.
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People, mainly women and children, arrive in Przemysl, Poland on a train from wartorn Ukraine on March 28. Poland Demonized Refugees. Now It’s Struggling to Integrate Them.
The heaviest burden of accommodating fleeing Ukrainians has fallen on the state least prepared to carry it.
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