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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Europe’s migration crisis: central Europe’s dangerous game
Should a serious migration crisis erupt as a result of conflict escalation in Ukraine, the odds are that the V4...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Polish presidential election: the Left decides which Right wins
Does it make sense for the Left to participate in a race between two conservatives? Should we leave home and vote...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Poland: trust no one but the law
Last week the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg rejected a Polish appeal on CIA-prison cases involving...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Interethnic communication in ‘Borderlands’
The Macedonian government shows little interest in fostering interethnic communication. It relies on nationalistic...
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Published in: openSecuritySecret prisons, disappearances and torture
In a ruling described by Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch as “landmark”, the European Court of Human...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Jacek Kuroń - hero of the Polish anti-communist resistance
The radical political ideas of Jacek Kuroń, the Polish opposition leader of the 1960s and 70s - without whom Lech...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The environmental and economic case against Donald Tusk’s energy union
Some European leaders, such as Polish PM Donald Tusk, are using the Ukraine crisis as a pretext to revive national...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?From China to Poland, lessons from June 4, 1989
What can we learn from comparing the 1989 revolutions in Poland and in China?
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Wojciech Jaruzelski: the communist strongman who continues to divide Poland
Wojciech Jaruzelski, the last communist leader of Poland, is due to be given a full state funeral today. However the...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Eurovision and Euro elections: the final straw in Polish gender wars
How is the victory of Conchita Wurst being politicized in Poland? What is the connection between Eurovision and the...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Silence remains the easiest answer: Polish non-reactions to Snowden’s disclosures
Legitimising the politics of mass surveillance wouldn’t be possible in Poland if it wasn’t successfully tested by...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Poland’s diplomatic offensive in Ukraine and Europe
It manages to strike hard without straying from the politics that have defined Poland's conciliatory and unifying...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Euro elections 2014: You Tell Us bloggers discuss the far right in Europe (part one)
Our young bloggers from across the EU discuss the rise of the far right in Europe. Part two here.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Poland must rediscover its anti-fascist voice
It is imperative that Poland finds an independent voice that includes a condemnation of the far-right both at home...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Polish parliament - guarding human rights?
The decision by the Polish parliament to set up a subcommittee for the implementation of European Court of Human...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Polish prospects in the May 2014 elections
The European elections in Poland will be treated as a test of political parties' national popularity, rather than...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Ivan Krastev: Balkan smuggler of ideas
In In Mistrust we Trust: Can Democracy Survive When We Don't Trust Our Leaders? Ivan Krastev concentrates on why we...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Trans rights: Poland's last iron curtain
A new iron curtain in Poland is being drawn between mainstream society and its most vulnerable groups. Part of our...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Majority voting is outdated
Peter Emerson is director of the de Borda Institute in Belfast that works on improving voting systems. How for...