The Sochi Paralympics Are a Potemkin Village
An interview with Russian writer Alexander Snegirev. Interviewer: Filip Mazurczak
March 19, 2014 - Filip Mazurczak
An interview with Russian writer Alexander Snegirev. Interviewer: Filip Mazurczak
March 19, 2014 - Filip Mazurczak
An interview with Matthew Tyrmand, the son of the famous Polish writer and populariser of jazz Leopold Tyrmand. Interviewer: Filip Mazurczak
February 18, 2014 - Filip Mazurczak
An interview with Latvian Member of Parliament and former Ambassador to the United States Ojārs Kalniņš. Interviewer: Filip Mazurczak
February 7, 2014 - Filip Mazurczak
An interview with famed Romanian-American poet Andrei Codrescu, Professor Emeritus of English at Louisiana State University. Interviewer: Filip Mazurczak
January 31, 2014 - Filip Mazurczak
A conversation with John Godson, Poland's first black member of parliament.
FILIP MAZURCZAK: Are the Poles a tolerant nation?
JOHN GODSON: I believe that the Poles are very tolerant. Situations of racism are marginal. In Poland we have what is called low intercultural competences, which is not the same thing as racism. Racism is when people who are informed and have contact with other cultures believe that their culture and their race is superior. But what we have in Poland results more from a lack of knowledge and the fact that post-Second World War Poland is a very homogeneous society. Communism made it difficult for Poles to travel abroad. But since Poland is in the European Union and the Schengen Zone, this is changing. We see that very slowly the intercultural competences of Poles are increasing.
November 19, 2013 - Filip Mazurczak
November 7th marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of the great French-Algerian writer Albert Camus (1913-1960), one of the past century’s most influential European thinkers.
November 6, 2013 - Filip Mazurczak
Tadeusz Mazowiecki, the first non-Communist prime minister in post-war Eastern Europe, has passed away at the age of 86.
October 29, 2013 - Filip Mazurczak
After a consistory, or meeting with cardinals on September 30th, Pope Francis decided to canonise two of his predecessors, John Paul II (1978-2005) and John XXIII (1958-1963).
October 3, 2013 - Filip Mazurczak
It is difficult to imagine a country in East Central Europe whose reputation in the West has declined more rapidly in recent years than Hungary.
September 12, 2013 - Filip Mazurczak
June 2, 2013 - Filip Mazurczak
April 10, 2013 - Filip Mazurczak
February 10, 2013 - Filip Mazurczak
The consequences of Russia’s invasion are visible not only in Ukraine. The Kremlin has set off or exploited a series of crises that face most European countries.
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New thinking is needed in policies towards Russia, in whatever form it will take after the war.
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Ukraine’s suffering goes well beyond the front line.
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With Russia’s invasion of Ukraine we now see our western values under siege, whether we consciously recognise it or not.
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The invasion by Russian forces of Ukraine from the north, south and east – with the initial aim to take the capital Kyiv – has changed our region, and indeed our world, forever.
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The situation with Russian threats towards Ukraine once again illustrates the high level of instability in our region.
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Only a year ago we witnessed the second Nagorno-Karabakh war between Armenia and Azerbaijan. It took at least 5,000 lives and significantly shifted the geopolitics in the South Caucuses.
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This special issue aims to honour the plight of Belarusians whose democratic choice made in August 2020 was shamelessly snubbed by Alyaksandr Lukashenka.
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From the social, economic and political points of view, a lot of work still remains for this country. And this is why Ukraine’s story is incomplete.
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Our societies are more polarised than ever before, which makes them more susceptible to disinformation, untruth and conspiracy theories.
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The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed limitations and weaknesses in nearly all countries around the world.
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Uncertainty, volatility and the relationship between Russia and the West.
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The Black Sea region is quickly becoming a geopolitical battleground which is gaining the interest of major powers, regional players and smaller countries – and the stakes are only getting higher.
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This issue is dedicated to the 10 year anniversary of the European Union’s Eastern Partnership as well as the 30 years since the 1989 revolutions in Central Europe.
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The consequences of the emerging multipolar world.
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This issue takes a special look at the role and responsibility of the public intellectual in Central and Eastern Europe today.
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In the eastern parts of the European continent, 1918 is remembered not only as the end of the First World War, but also saw the emergence of newly-independent states and the rise of geopolitical struggles which are felt until this day.
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It often seems, at least from the outside, that Belarus remains isolated from the West and very static in its transformation. Yet, despite its relative isolation, Belarus is indeed changing.
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The Summer 2018 issue of New Eastern Europe tackles the complexity of para-states in the post-Soviet space.
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