After the fall of communism in 1989, Poland elected its first non-Communist prime minister since the early post-war years. However, some politicians still seemed to have communist ties. To counter …
Imitation is the Sincerest Form of Flattery: Poland’s “Frankenstate”
Source: Rzeczpospolita The Law and Justice Party in Poland is taking both Law and Justice into its own hands. After winning a Parliamentary majority in 2015, the PiS seized control of the Polish …
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Polarization in Poland by Anjali Nahata
History can be circular in parts of Europe. The divide that has severed Polish politics is very similar to the divide that split France during the Dreyfus affair. The rhetoric employed by the European …
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Democratic Backsliding in the Visegrad Group Threatens European Union’s Future by Simon Machalek
The Visegrad Group, also known as V4 — a cultural and political alliance of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia — used to be seen as a prime example of how countries with an authoritarian …
Murder of Polish Mayor Highlight’s Hostile Political Divisions by Isa Colyer
On Sunday, January 13th of this year, hundreds of Polish residents flocked to an outdoor stage in Gdansk to attend the Great Orchestra of Christmas, Poland’s largest annual charity event. It was the …
Stochastic Terrorism in Poland
By Conor Gleeson Stochastic terrorism is a term that rose to prominence in 2018 to describe the use of mass, public communication, against a particular individual or group, which incites or …
The Polish threat to the integrity of the European Union by Aram Martirosyan
The rise in the number of right wing nationalist governments over the recent years has not inspired an optimistic outlook on the prospect of the world affairs as it stands. The …
Polish Polarization and Conspiracy: Social Media, Democratic Decay, and the Construction of Separate Worlds.
By Conor Gleeson The Polish authoritarian-friendly government led by the Law and Justice Party has created an environment conducive to spreading institutional distrust, anti-Semetic conspiracies, …