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“Russian disinformation is effective primarily because it exploits pre-existing divisions rather than creating them from scratch”

An interview with Kinga Anna Gajda, director of the Centre for European Studies at the Jagiellonian University. Interviewer: Iwona Reichardt.

July 13, 2026 - Iwona Reichardt Kinga Gajda

We must learn to live with war

An interview with Jacek Siewiera, former head of the National Security Bureau in Poland. Interviewer: Aureliusz M. Pędziwol

June 22, 2026 - Aureliusz M. Pędziwol Jacek Siewiera

Prometheism, post-Russia, and the future of policy in Eurasia

One hundred years ago, Marshal Józef Piłsudski institutionalized a bold vision for Poland’s foreign policy in the face of Soviet imperialism and aggression. Today, when Russian revisionism evokes the geopolitical threats of the previous century, western academics and foreign policymakers should look to revive Piłsudski’s Promethean strategy to decolonize Russia once and for all.

June 22, 2026 - Kacper Grass

Nancy and the politics of deterrence: reading the French nuclear offer to Poland

A year after the Nancy Treaty, Polish-French defence cooperation is deepening and building a tangible element of European deterrence. The question is what kind of relationship Warsaw and Paris are actually building, and whether it will outlast the leaders who started it.

June 18, 2026 - Nicole Czaplinska

“Ukrainian citizens are not a burden, but a benefit to Poland”

An interview with Maciej Duszczyk, an employee and adviser on migration to the Chancellery of the Prime Minister of Poland, and a professor at the University of Warsaw. Interviewer: Andrii Kutsyk.

May 14, 2026 - Andrii Kutsyk Maciej Duszczyk

Dividing the forest

In spring 2022, the Białowieża Forest, on the Polish border with Belarus, became the site of one of the most controversial infrastructure projects in the region: the construction of a permanent steel barrier along the Polish–Belarusian border. While construction crews worked on the fence, local researchers conducted daily field visits to document its immediate ecological footprint.

April 20, 2026 - Nasta Zakharevich Nikola Budzińska

Why expanding the Bucharest 9 format will not add more security to NATO’s Eastern Flank

The Romanian-led Bucharest 9 format has signalled its intention to expand in order to include various Nordic states. While such claims clearly show ambition, it is important that the Romanian government does not neglect its role in its traditional backyard, the Black Sea.

March 31, 2026 - Antonia-Laura Pup

Punished for being abused: Belarusian controversy

Gradually but decisively, the European Union is folding Belarus into the same category as Russia. The toughest measures are coming from states that share a border with Belarus. How did a society once seen as a victim of Europe’s most brutal dictatorship come to be regarded as complicit in its crimes?

February 23, 2026 - Nasta Zakharevich

On African university students in Poland. A response

Africans are increasingly becoming a part of the student body present in Poland. While many are attracted by comparatively low tuition fees, there are other aspects making them interested in the country. Such an attraction may ultimately lead to a more permanent link between Poland and the continent.

February 22, 2026 - Christopher Garbowski

Double exclusion. How is it to be a queer migrant from Eastern Europe in Poland today?

LGBTQ+ rights in Belarus and Ukraine have remained static for years. The fear of coming out persists, both in one's home country and now within the diaspora abroad. Many queer migrants hide their sexuality, citing political or economic reasons for moving. Although Poland still has a long way to go, its relative openness, access to EU anti-discrimination frameworks and integration into European institutional life create better conditions for social progress and visibility.

February 22, 2026 - Sviataslaŭ Kruk

Rediscovering the People’s Poland

In Poland, after the initial rejection of the legacy of the Polish People’s Republic, a gradual re-evaluation of the communist period has begun. Certain elements of its social reality – those that gave it a distinct local colour and a sense of belonging – came to be reassessed and, in some cases, appreciated.

December 8, 2025 - Elżbieta Żak

The gradual “forgetting” of communism in Poland

Featured in communist times as a symbol of abductions, the black Volga has lost its aura now. Today few young Poles even recognize the car or recall the urban legends that once linked it to the KGB or security services. Stripped of these political connotations, it has survived mainly as a retro curiosity – an object of aesthetic nostalgia rather than historical unease.

December 8, 2025 - Aleksander Niepokój Michał Kuryłowicz

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