A Polish diplomat experienced distress in his post in Moscow in the mid-1970s. He stood on the stand among the diplomatic corps. When a military parade started on Red Square and dozens of tanks, armoured…
As late as March 8, 2022, two weeks after the invasion of Ukraine, the Russian Foreign Ministry had the courage to call (via Interfax) upon the United States to return to the principles of “peaceful…
Sometimes passivity can be made a virtue. Countries that do not have the resources (military, economic, political) at their disposal to effectively react to the actions of other states that do not correspond to their…
When Putin gave a major speech in Munich in 2007 in which he signalled a confrontational and neo-imperial course, some Western politicians did not take his program seriously. But a large group of politicians and…
Polish autarky proponents are, of course, fully aware that today, in times of globalization, isolationism may be merely a desperate attempt to preserve the possibility of unwavering control over society. Globalization breaks down barriers and…
