(when I wrote this, it seemed a bit outlandish. Now the WSJ describes Radek as the “Polish Obama”) Poland’s strong economy Horse power to horsepowerJan 28th 2010From The Economist print edition Economic growth and a strong, stable government to boot: time to rethink old notions about Poland OUTSIDERS often have fixed ideas of Poland: a …
Tag Archive: Poland
Jan 14
contingency plans for the Baltics (!)
Europe.view Border controls Jan 14th 2010From Economist.com Thanks to Poland, the alliance will defend the Baltics IN A crunch, would NATO stand by its weakest members—the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania? After five years of dithering , the answer now seems to be yes, with a decision in principle by the alliance …
Oct 15
British Waffen-SS Legion? Not likely…
Europe.view Unoccupied Britain Oct 15th 2009From Economist.com It looks simpler from across the Channel TWEAK history a bit. Imagine that in 1940 Hitler and Stalin divide Britain between them. Both occupying powers behave abominably but in different ways. After a rigged election, Scotland is declared part of the Soviet Union. Stalin imposes a one-party state …
Sep 24
Fakt article
This is the English version. The Polish version (behind a pay barrier) is available hereOnce is chance. Twice is bad luck. Three times is enemy action. That is the easy conclusion to draw about America’s treatment of what was until recently its strongest and most important European ally. The first snub came over Radek Sikorski’s …
Sep 17
Krynica sucks
Europe.view Not good enoughSep 17th 2009From Economist.com East Europe’s premier economic forum could be much better KRYNICA is Poland’s Davos. And in some respects last week’s annual economic forum held in the mountains of southern Poland is just like the World Economic Forum, the plutocrats’ Swiss get-together. It is scenic, fun and prime networking territory; …
Sep 17
Obama, Missile-Defence and Europe
Missile defence in Europe Pie in the sky Sep 17th 2009From Economist.com America calls off plans for missile defence in Europe, pleasing peaceniks but worrying hawks AP MAYBE some jam tomorrow, but none today. That is the American message to its most stalwart allies in the ex-communist world as Barack Obama’s administration shelves plans to …
Sep 10
praising Poland and Ukraine
Europe.view Wreath by wreath Sep 10th 2009From Economist.com How east Europe can step over history’s long shadow TWO of the five most-commented-on articles on The Economist’s website last week were about east European history. One concerned the icy relations between Slovakia and Hungary. The other was about Russia’s failure (in some eyes) to apologise properly …
Sep 04
Putin in Gdansk
Russia, Poland and history Mr Putin regretsSep 3rd 2009 From The Economist print edition Russia bandages a wound in Poland IT IS hard to imagine modern Germany haggling with Poland about opening wartime archives, let alone over who started the war. With Russia, it is different. Vladimir Putin’s visit to Gdansk, where a ceremony this …
Sep 04
leading article on Russia and history from this week’s Economist
Russia’s past The unhistory manSep 3rd 2009 From The Economist print edition Russia should do more to condemn Stalin’s crimes—for its own sake EVERY country highlights the good bits in its history and ignores the bad. Russia’s keenness that none should forget the great sacrifices its people made in the second world war—it did more …
Sep 04
europe view 148 what putin should have said
Europe.view Mentioning the warSep 3rd 2009 From Economist.com What Vladimir Putin should have said in GdanskHonoured Guests, Dear Excellencies: My German counterpart Willy Brandt launched his country’s reconciliation with Poland by bending his knee at the Warsaw ghetto memorial in 1970. My aim today is less ambitious, but I would like to begin by stating …
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