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Can the EU Rise to the Challenge of Illiberalism?
Europe—and the world at large—has seen a rise of what some call ‘illiberal democracies’ in past decades. They are a…
Politicized Memory: The Holocaust in Poland
In an increasingly far-right and nationalist Eastern Europe, Poland’s government is moving to revise and politicize…
Poland’s Controversial Political Reform
A climate of fierce legislative change and civilian discontent has been brewing steadily in Poland since the…
Law and Justice and Hate Crime: Will the UN Change…
On September 22nd 2017, the Human Rights Council at the UN Headquarters in Geneva adopted Universal Periodic Review…
THЭ VЭRΔICT
From the moment of their inception, laws stretch out into every street and crevice of a country and cast their…
Poland’s Falling Out With Democracy
In the past several weeks, Poland’s government has received domestic and international backlash following the…
Eastern and Western Europe’s Dichotomous…
Exported North Korean labourers are numerous and have grown more and more international. It has been claimed that…
NATO’s ‘Enhanced Forward Presence’ and Mutually Assured…
“Actions speak louder than words.” This is the rather mundane turn of phrase then-PM David Cameron used at the…
Abortion Law and the Will of the People in Poland
It would be hard to find a topic around the world as controversial and contentious as the topic of abortion. For…
Middle of the Pole: Justyna Zajac Explains…
This is a continuation of my discourse with George Washington University's visiting scholar of political science…
Middle of the Pole: Justyna Zajac Explains…
I sat down in my home of Washington, DC with George Washington University’s visiting political science professor…
Brussels Paying the Price for Complacence –…
Warsaw, Krakow, Wroclaw - all are major Polish cities that saw protests on Saturday held to protect freedom of…