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Two years after Canada’s parliament unwittingly gave a standing ovation to a veteran of a Nazi SS division, Ukraine’s own president is honouring figures from the same dark chapter of wartime nationalism.
Research carried out across 18 European countries takes a closer look at pro-Russian support on the continent.
The US may be experiencing democratic backsliding. Around the world, nonviolent civil movements exist to support democracy and protect fellow citizens.
Some women adopted non-Jewish identities to support the resistance. For most, though, it was simply a strategy for survival – one with constant risk of exposure and execution.
Throughout its war with Russia, Ukraine is providing lessons to the West on what’s required to win a modern-day war. Will European and other states heed those lessons?
Russia aggression, and the killing of a US political activist and its implications in the weekly world affairs newsletter.
NATO jets scrambled to shoot down at least 10 Russian drones after they were spotted in Polish airspace.
Some European states are worrird after a Ukraine-Russia ceasefire Moscow might turn its firepower on them, so are building hundreds of miles of defensive wall.
With the new Polish president, nationalist Karol Nawrocki, European Trump supporters, led by Viktor Orbán, have gained an additional ally.
France, Germany and Poland together represent a strategically significant partnership in a Europe plagued by war to its east.
New genetic research has traced the paternal line of Poland’s first royal dynasty, challenging long-held national traditions about the origins of the Piasts.
Though the president has few powers, one of them is vetoing legislation. This means Karol Nawrocki’s win will be felt keenly, both in Poland and across Europe.
As the EU crafts responses to Washington’s agendas on defence and trade, it might look to Warsaw for inspiration.
Ukrainians fear that what happened to Poland after the second world war could happen to their country.
Anna Jagiellon’s story, set over four centuries ago, shows a woman could secure power through a vote, even in an era when female rulers were nearly unheard of.
In power since 1994, Belarus’ Alexander Lukashenko has aligned the country with Russia in an ideological battle with the West.
Poland is enjoying strong growth and has massively increased its military spending. It aims to play a greater role within the European Union.
The latest Independent Social Research Foundation conference heard how refugees have died after becoming trapped at the border between Poland and Belarus
Research shows that when abortion rights are on the ballot, democracy wins − including in the US.
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