Sticks and carrots from Berlin – Germany’s balancing act toward the Western Balkans

Germany has made itself a reputation for being both an active supporter and a severe critic of the Western Balkans’ EU integration.

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Germany and Poland in the Western Balkans: a new field of cooperation under the EU umbrella?

The Western Balkans have been perceived since recently as a potential new field of cooperation between Germany and Poland.

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The Emergence of New States in Eastern Europe – Lesson for the Entire Europe (TENSE) Europe for Citizens (2018), EACEA

The Emergence of New States in Eastern Europe – Lesson for the Entire Europe (TENSE) is a project that focuses on the nation-building processes after 1918 in Eastern Europe.

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4 years of Donald Tusk at the European Council

Donald Tusk has commenced his term as president of the European Council in December 2014. To mark the 4th anniversary of his appointment, gazeta.pl has surveyed analysts to assess Tusk’s performance. WiseEuropa’s Wojciech Białożyt contributed to the survey, below is the English translation of his contribution. The survey is available in full (in Polish)

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From restructuring to sustainable development. The case of Upper Silesia

The Silesian Voivodeship has a chance to become a model for a just transition of a mining region into a modern industrial and commercial region.

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Erdogan’s geopolitical games from Warsaw’s perspective

Looking at the pictures from the 27 October summit in Istanbul, where President Recep Tayyip Erdoǧan hosted President Emmanuel Macron, Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Vladimir Putin

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New realism in Germany’s policy towards Turkey

Turkey's president Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s state visit to Berlin at the end of September 2018 sparked speculations about a possible thaw in Turkish-German relations which had experienced serious tensions in the last two years.

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Turkey: A new German-Polish talking point?

The relations between the European Union and Turkey which, besides Russia, is the EU’s most important neighbor, should become at least an issue of dialogue between Poland and Germany. The latter will always possess the biggest potential in the EU to engage with Turkey; meanwhile, Warsaw’s relationship with Ankara has deepened substantially in recent years.

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Direct Democracy in the EU –The Myth of a Citizens’ Union

The European Union has a democracy problem. The polycrisis that has plagued the EU for years has led to a cacophony of voices calling for fundamental change to the integration project.

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Externalization at all costs? EU migration and border policy

The high influx of asylum seekers in 2015 plunged the European Union into a crisis. The brunt of refugee reception rested on only a few shoulders.

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“I bless the rains down in Africa”. Migrations from Africa to Europe

Most of EU citizens see the migration crisis of 2015 as a one-off event. However, mass migration is a part of human history – and Poland with its massive diasporas in the U.S., Canada or France is a good example.

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MENA first, but not only! The EU, Germany and Poland in the face of global migration issues

Migration processes in globalized reality has grown to the scale of unprecedented challenge for contemporary Europe.

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