Our colleague @malwinatalik.bsky.social attended both events in Budapest, where Péter Techet explained what role the 23rd October plays in Hungary's collective memory and what each rival conveyed in their speeches. 🎥 Watch the latest IDM Short Insights to find out! www.youtube.com/shorts/Lszv_...

How did the crisis of Russian identity, beginning in the 1990s, lead to Putin’s genocidal “quest for symbolic immortality,” of which the invasion of Ukraine is one manifestation? (1/5)

Premiere heute an der VHS Landstraße: Nach zahlreichen gemeinsamen Veranstaltungen und Co-Autorenschaften nun zum ersten Mal ein kollektiver Vortrag. Natürlich zu Polen und Deutschland in der EU. Das hat trotz der Hitze großen Spaß gemacht, danke @malwinatalik.bsky.social!

The Political Economy of Contemporary Populist Authoritarianism: The Examples of Poland, Serbia and Turkey Join us on 25 June at 17h! Meryem Gökten, @cengizgunay.bsky.social, ‪@branim.bsky.social‬, @malwinatalik.bsky.social & @vedrandzihic.bsky.social Register 👉 oiip.ac.at/events/the-p...

I could write an article about writing this article. Thank you Fair Observer for publishing this piece and to @malwinatalik.bsky.social for your perseverance! www.fairobserver.com/politics/rus...

Looking forward to moderate another IDMonSite, this time on the Presidential Election in Poland with our very own expert @malwinatalik.bsky.social! Join us online next Monday! More details here ⬇️

During the turn of the year, @malwinatalik.bsky.social and I looked at three presidential elections happening in our region, the result is now published: „A Digital Battlefield: How Russian Disinformation Influences Voter Behaviour in Central and Eastern Europe“ www.idm.at/a-digital-ba...

In genau einer Woche findet der erste Wahlgang der Präsidentschaftswahl in #Polen🇵🇱 statt. Dank der Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Regionalbüro darf ich am 19. Mai um 18 Uhr über die Bedeutung dieser Wahl für die Re-Demokratisierung Polens sprechen. democracyfes.de/event-regist...

@sschaeffer.bsky.social and @malwinatalik.bsky.social visited Berlin earlier this week. We began our visit with Café Kyiv, a conference on the future of Ukraine. As a cooperation partner the IDM organized there the discussion "A New Eastern Partnership? 1/5

Yesterday, I had the huge pleasure to moderate a discussion of three great experts about the Weimar Triangle and Ukraine. Thank you @malwinatalik.bsky.social , @rlequiniou.bsky.social, and Kai-Olaf Lang @swp-berlin.org for an interesting and dynamic discussion! #CafeKyiv2025

True leadership means respect for partners and allies. Even for the smaller and weaker ones. Never arrogance. Dear friends, think about it.

Polish Nobel Peace Prize winner Lech Wałęsa and 38 other former political prisoners of Poland's communist regime have condemned Donald Trump's treatment of Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday, which they said reminded them of communist interrogation techniques

Dear Volodymyr Zelenskyy, dear Ukrainian friends, you are not alone.

When Russia invaded Ukraine, Finland’s then-president Niinistö said that the masks had fallen. If anyone was still clinging onto some kind of hope of Trump coming around on Ukraine, this disgrace of a press conference should make everything clear now. Trump is anti-Ukraine. Pro-Russia.

So how presidential is the current US president?

11 years ago #Russia illegally and treacherously occupied #Crimea. This day is a symbol for resistance to the occupation. The fact remains: Crimea is Ukraine! Just like Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia. Austria remains committed to a free and independent #Ukraine.

Ukraine is not, as the Russian ambassador said, a "project." Its statehood is older than Muscovy’s. It has been a member of the US longer than Russia. It has a language, an identity and its own aspirations. youtu.be/p4JFNtlxz9k

We keep standing with #Ukraine🇺🇦! And you❓ 🔹Three years ago, Russia launched an unprovoked full-scale war of aggression against Ukraine. Yet, its violations began long before—since 2014, Russia has illegally occupied Crimea and waged war in Eastern Ukraine, blatantly defying international law. 1/5

Und hier das Ergebnis (meines Studiobesuchs, nicht der Bundestagswahl): www.puls24.at/video/puls-2...

Do you know those relatives (usually retired uncles) who, during family gatherings, complain about current politics, democracy and paint a vision of how they would run a state - with an iron fist, of course? It feels like too many of their kind have actually made it into power these days.

No Kanzler Kickl - at least for now. orf.at/live/5463-Ko...

No #EU flag on state institutions? This rings a bell... #Poland 2015: "President Duda removed it [the EU flag] out of the presidential palace, and Prime Minister Szydło from press conferences." 2013 Pawłowicz, one of the then key PiS-politicians, called it a "rag." www.newsweek.pl/polska/beata...

Trotz harter Migrationsrhetorik setzt Mittel- und Osteuropa auf mehr Zuwanderung – der Fachkräftemangel zwingt dazu. Malwina Talik zeigt in ihrem Info Europa-Artikel, warum die Region nicht nur Auswanderungsgebiet ist und wie eine kluge Integrationspolitik ihre Zukunft gestalten kann.

Cieszę się, że dotarł do mnie niedawno Polski Przegląd Dyplomatyczny poświęcony tym razem #UE, a w nim mój artykuł "Unia Europejska w obliczu instrumentalizacji migracji przez #Białoruś". #UE #migracja Więcej informacji: pism.pl/publikacje/p...

A year ago or why Musk's hitlergruß shouldn't be played down as an isolated incident: "The visit [to Auschwitz] comes after intense criticism of how X (...) tackles antisemitic posts and just weeks after Musk apologised for endorsing an antisemitic conspiracy theory." www.bbc.com/news/technol...

W nowym roku w #Austria dominuje temat upadłych negocjacji koalicyjnych oraz widmo populistycznego kanclerza. Ale nowy rok to również pełne członkostwo Bułgarii i Rumunii w Strefie Schengen. Dlaczego dopiero teraz? To miałam okazje wyjaśnić w Podróży bez Paszportu. youtu.be/M12GjkRXHzQ?...

W Austrii dzieje się ostatnio tak wiele, że niektóre z moich komentarzy dla Polskiego Radia/Der Auslandsdienst des Polnischen Rundfunks zdążyły się diametralnie zdeaktualizować w ciagu zaledwie paru tygodni od nagrania.... Dziękuję Jakub Kukla za ciekawą wymianę spostrzeżeń!

Polen will als EU-Ratsvorsitzender erreichen, dass der Krieg zu Ende geht, aber zu Bedingungen, mit denen die Ukraine einverstanden ist sagt @malwinatalik.bsky.social im #ö1-#Europajournal. Wir reden über die, die PL-UA und die PL-Ö Beziehungen. Zum Nachhören 🔽 sound.orf.at/podcast/oe1/...

📣 New Episode Alert! 📣 What do we know about the people supporting #refugees and #migrants in #CentralEurope? In this episode, @malwinatalik.bsky.social (IDM) and Marianna Wartecka (Fundacja Ocalenie) talk about how activists from the region relate to what's going on around them right now. 1/2

Are you up to date with all the IDM’s extra activities in November? Here are some highlights ✨ from this month that you might have missed: @sschaeffer.bsky.social, IDM Director: ◾ an article with @malwinatalik.bsky.social “Austria’s Ardous Path to the New Government” for Fair Observer 1/8

All good things come to an end and so does "#Transatlantic #Security Initiative IV". After our visits to Warsaw 🇵🇱 and Riga 🇱🇻 , we continued with a study trip to Türkiye 🇹🇷, which felt like a crash course on the country’s security and foreign affairs. 1/3

May the sky always be bluer here than on the other side. #eXit

(3/3) @malwinatalik.bsky.social ▶️ on Ukrainian refugees in #Poland for the "Jahrbuch der Polnischen Akademie der Wissenschaften (Wien)" 🔎Visit our newsroom for more information about the IDM's activities, publications, and media appearances 👉 bit.ly/3EUx6ey

📢 The IDM, the Politische Akademie and the Karl-Renner-Institut invite you to a hybrid panel discussion on the elections in Belarus with A. Kazharski, A. Kudzko & A. Shraibman, moderated by M. Talik. Briefing by K. Bogdanova. 📅28 Feb at 10:00 CET  📍Hahngasse 6, 1090 Vienna  👉 www.idm.at/events

(2/3) ▶ Péter Techet for Pátria Rádió on the most important elections of 2024 🙋‍♀️🙋‍♂️ and for Die Presse on the dangers of Orbán's perception of sovereignty🇭🇺 ▶ @malwinatalik.bsky.social for Fair Observer: How to Beat Authoritarian Parties, Polish-Style🇵🇱

A mini(lateral) WeimarTriangle (W3) at the IDM!    With a new PL gvt, @malwinatalik.bsky.social & @sschaeffer.bsky.social met with @rlequiniou.bsky.social (Euro Créative) to discuss the potential of reviving the W3🇩🇪🇫🇷🇵🇱. More to come—stay tuned!    👉 www.idm.at/revival-of-t...

@malwinatalik.bsky.social (IDM) war am 25. Jänner in der ZiB2 / ORF2 bei Margit Laufer zu Gast. Dort hat sie die Pläne zur Liberalisierung des Abtreibungsgesetzes in Polen🇵🇱 analysiert und mögliche Hürden erläutert. ▶ bit.ly/3UehLyr

Vielen Dank Sebastian!

While we are still figuring this out, make sure to follow @idmvienna.bsky.social. More to come soon!

My brief article for Fair Observer on the factors that contributed to the opposition's success in general elections in Poland. It does surely not exhaust the topic & other factors could also be mentioned. So I look forward to continuing this discussion! www.fairobserver.com/world-news/h...