Reorientation to the East: the key to our common future lies in the hands of the Ukrainians (Part 2)
The unexpected appearance in the bombarded Kiev of the prime ministers of Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovenia, and of the actual ruler of Poland, as the leader of the parliamentary majority, Jarosław Kaczyński, was a very significant political symbol. And symbols are important in politics: especially at times when there is a shift in […]
Reorientation to the East: the key to our common future lies in the hands of the Ukrainians (Part 1)
The unexpected appearance in the bombarded Kiev of the prime ministers of Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovenia, and of the actual ruler of Poland, as the leader of the parliamentary majority, Jarosław Kaczyński, was a very significant political symbol. And symbols are important in politics: especially at times when there is a shift in […]
The offensive of Polish diplomacy. Will the new political situation play out well?
It has been a while since the Prime Minister and President spent this much time traveling abroad. Is there a plan behind the increased diplomatic activity? Is it just an inadvertent accumulation of long-planned meetings and an ad hoc search for allies in the face of the conflict with Belarus and Russia? Rafał A. Ziemkiewicz […]
Things are still to become interesting: the most recent book of Rafał Ziemkiewicz
The theme of the book “Trolled revolution” concerns experiencing Polishness in modern times and subsequent civilizational transformations. Jacek Bartosiak For many years I have been trying – to be quite honest, I am still trying, but it will probably never get there – to describe the history of the partition generation1. In the form of […]
The actors of Lukashenko. Who in Poland is playing in the Belarusian theater?
The fact that the epicenter of Lukashenko’s attack shifted from the Baltic countries to Poland is without a doubt the effect of Lukashenko’s propaganda, eagerly picked up by the Polish opposition and its media. Rafał A. Ziemkiewicz Once again, when the support for the Law and Justice party suddenly falls, Lukashenko’s secret service is organizing […]
Deluded States of Europe
European bureaucrats believe that the coronavirus crisis is a perfect opportunity to change the EU into a superstate. Poland is being executed, so that the remaining countries can witness that there is no alternative. Rafał A. Ziemkiewicz By 2025 the United States of Europe will be formed – proclaimed Martin Schulz towards the end of […]
Defamation. What it takes to be slandered in Great Britain
In Great Britain, false accusations by a local deputy are enough to deem a man guilty of imaginary crimes. Nobody even asked me if I really said the things, which she attributed to me. Rafał A. Ziemkiewicz This case is hardly about not letting me into Britain. Naturally, the British have the right to […]