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Power Against Humanity
The Gulag in its harsh Soviet form has no longer a chance in our part of the world. It may, however, come back in a new guise, in a global “soft” version, in which terrorists have replaced the class…
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The Opening of a Central European Gap
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Reality Check
Do company managers and owners want to live in a post- apocalyptic dystopia where they would have to enclose themselves in gated communities fenced with barbed wire? Such a reality emerges from the…
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Shale Comedy of Errors
Shale gas exploration frenzy in Poland has nearly all been rhetoric and very little action. How it did not work?
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Riding the Anti-immigrant Tiger
The fact that immigrants’ benefits are vastly outweighed by the benefits of migration appears to matter little to Britain’s politicians. The public may vote to leave the EU, with serious consequences…
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Capitalism the Polish Way — A New Variety of Market Economy?
It has been twenty-five years of political changes in Poland and a decade of the country’s membership in the European Union has passed. Such a time-span encourages us to venture some generalizations…
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Eurozone: How to Combat its Debt Crisis
Europeans should not fear one-time measures that may spur inflation and weaken the euro
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Bulgaria’s Failing Bid
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Olympic Spirit, History and Contested Lands
For Ciracassian, Sochi Olympics is not true to the spirit of Olympic Games. In contrast, it stands as a betrayal of the whole idea.
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Orbán’s Playground
Years ago, when the well-known historian Norman Davies decided to have a look at Polish history, he gave it a significant title God’s Playground. It is a proper title for current situation in Hungary…