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merkel Three Big Challenges for Merkel’s Mission to Warsaw, Plus Two Reasons for Optimism
Strengthening German-Polish ties will be hard, but not impossible.
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gettyimages-503098826 Ukraine and Poland’s History Wars Are a Gift For Putin
A conflict over Eastern Europe’s fraught World War II history is just the kind of self-inflicted wound Moscow is hoping for.
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BEAUCAIRE, FRANCE - JANUARY 11: French Front National party president Marine Le Pen takes part in a Unity rally "Marche Republicaine" on January 11, 2015 in Beaucaire, France. The French far-right National Front (FN) held their own rally after being excluded from the Paris unity rally. An estimated one million people have converged in central Paris for the Unity March joining in solidarity with the 17 victims of this week's terrorist attacks in the country. French President Francois Hollande led the march and was joined by world leaders in a sign of unity. The terrorist atrocities started on Wednesday with the attack on the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, killing 12, and ended on Friday with sieges at a printing company in Dammartin en Goele and a Kosher supermarket in Paris with four hostages and three suspects being killed. A fourth suspect, Hayat Boumeddiene, 26, escaped and is wanted in connection with the murder of a policewoman. (Photo by Patrick Aventurier/Getty Images) We Are on the Verge of Darkness
The global rise of populism is a dangerous threat to democracy and human rights. And if it goes unchecked, the rollback of Western values could be staggering.
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poland-crop With Russia Threat Looming, Poland Pins Cautious Hopes on a Trump Administration
Poland looks for silver linings in the clouds amassing over NATO.
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polilitary What Is Happening to Poland’s Military?
The government is making changes that may make sense politically. But are they undermining the country's defense in the process?
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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.
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elki This Christmas, Watch These Classic European Holiday Flicks (and Home Alone)
Want a break from Love Actually? Try Six Degrees of Celebration.
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law-and-justice 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.
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martial 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?
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jaroslaw 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.
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warsaw 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?
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peotus By the Covers: How the Foreign Press Sees the U.S. Vote
How newspaper covers around the world are covering President-elect Trump.
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lech Lech Walesa Takes Credit for Trump’s Decision to Run for President
If an electrician could become president, why not a millionaire?
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Polish women take part in a nationwide strike and demonstration to protest against a legislative proposal for a total ban of abortion on October 3, 2016 in Warsaw. Thousands of women dressed in black protested across Poland in the "Women strike" campaign against a proposed near-total abortion ban in the devoutly Catholic country where legislation is already among the most restrictive in Europe. / AFP / JANEK SKARZYNSKI (Photo credit should read JANEK SKARZYNSKI/AFP/Getty Images) 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.
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Sochaczew, Poland 21st, March 2015 U.S. Army Europe's 10th Army Air and Missile Defense Unit deployed to Poland for Missile Defense Exercise. Delta Battery, 5th Battalion, 7th Air Defense Artillery Regiment is participating in the weeklong exercise as part of a series of activities within the framework of Operation Atlantic Resolve, which aims to reassure allies, demonstrate freedom of movement and deter regional aggression on the eastern flank of NATO. Delta Battery will train with their Polish counterparts in the 37th Missile Squadron of Air Defense, testing the Patriot crew's proficiency as well as conducting movement drills which practice the quick emplacement of the air defense systems. (Photo by Michal Fludra/NurPhoto) (Photo by NurPhoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Poland Checks Moscow in Latest Battle Over European Missile Defense
In the back and forth over European missile defense, Poland makes the latest move
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