There were some 20 drones but loads more false narratives hitting Poland’s public space from Russia at the same time. This is not propaganda, Peter Pomerantsev once wrote. It’s a systemic attempt at destroying our democratic security. Read our editorial 👇

Czy prezydent Nawrocki dorówna prezydentowi Dudzie i namówi Trumpa na zwiększenie obecności wojsk amerykańskich w Polsce? tvn24.pl/plus/program... @tvn24.pl @mprochwicz.bsky.social @ecfr.eu @respublicanowa.bsky.social @visegradinsight.bsky.social

🎙️ New podcast out now! ➡️ open.spotify.com/episode/695M... ⬅️ 🇺🇦 @wojciechprzybylski.bsky.social and @staskaleta.bsky.social break down a rollercoaster week for Ukraine – and why no leaders from central or eastern Europe accompanied Zelenskyy in Washington.

Does everything has to change for things to remain the same? Or Péter Magyar is a different politician after all. Check this comparison visegradinsight.eu/what-magyar-... @visegradinsight.bsky.social

Frozen Frontlines? European Leaders Rally before Trump-Putin Meeting in Alaska. Read our weekly outlook 👇 visegradinsight.eu/frozen-front... @visegradinsight.bsky.social

👉 Europe’s elections are no longer just national contests - they are testing grounds for the future of democratic resilience. 🔴 🎬 Watch the video recap: visegradinsight.eu/video-recap-... Experts: Alina Inayeh, Albin Sybera, and Jakub Szymik, moderated by @staskaleta.bsky.social

Czy w pół roku Europa nauczyła się mówić po polsku? Maciej Zakrocki zaprosił mnie do @tokfm.bsky.social i nagraliśmy krótkie podsumowanie. Polecam się [LINK ⤵️] audycje.tokfm.pl/podcast/1776...

Czy w pół roku Europa nauczyła się mówić po polsku? Maciej Zakrocki zaprosił mnie do Radio TOK FM i nagraliśmy krótkie podsumowanie. Polecam się [LINK ⤵️]

🇺🇸🇮🇷🎙️ New episode out now! 👉 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e... 👈 This week, @wojciechprzybylski.bsky.social and @staskaleta.bsky.social break down regional responses to escalating tensions in the Middle East, after the US bombed three of Iran’s nuclear sites.

Poland’s presidential election has cracked open a new fault line in its politics. Karol Nawrocki, a nationalist historian backed by the PiS party, edged out Warsaw’s liberal mayor, Rafał Trzaskowski, with a razor-thin 51-49% victory. Read in open access: visegradinsight.eu/the-next-pre...

🗨️"Political labels in #Poland are often confusing, with voters caught in conflicting narratives." 👉 @visegradinsight.bsky.social 's @wojciechprzybylski.bsky.social on labels of #Warsaw Mayor #RafalTrzaskowski 📺Full show: f24.my/BCtb.x @en.france24.com

🗨️ #French – #Polish #nuclear agreement: "Building a French vision for #Europe." 👉 @visegradinsight.bsky.social's @wojciechprzybylski.bsky.social ➡️Full show: www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/... @en.france24.com #Ukrainian #Ukraine #Russia

This presidential vote 🇷🇴 & 🇵🇱 is also crucial for security. Depending on the outcome of RO's presidential election, PL risks becoming the only large country with strategic security importance on NATO's east flank capable of deterring Russian aggression @www.afp.com: uk.news.yahoo.com/poland-presi...

On 13 May we spoke with @gbuldioski.bsky.social at @europarl.europa.eu policy debate organised by @eurliberalforum.bsky.social on how mainstream parties strategies that boost our defence posture and help win elections. Read our paper: liberalforum.eu/publication/... More ideas to follow

👉 #Defence spending shouldn’t be seen as a simple budgetary choice but as a cornerstone of national security and economic prosperity. Check out our paper by @wojciechprzybylski.bsky.social and @gbuldioski.bsky.social on how #Europe could become a #HardPower. 📖Read here: bit.ly/4j1SJvB

Brussels folks! Next week I lead 2 debates in EP. Join me! 14May: How to shield EU democracies? Think beyond FIMI + Invest in civil society! Expert input Alina Inayeh, Rohozinska, Heather Grabbe hosted by MEPs: Janusz Lewandowski & Miriam Lexmann REGISTER TODAY! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Moscow is winning the war on the American mind! 🇷🇺🇺🇸 @pewresearch.org: 18 percentage points fewer Republicans (40%) see Russia as an enemy; 45% see it as merely a competitor. Dems stay high at 62%

"The EU should thus move to fund the entire cost of its planned rearmament with EU debt, similarly to NGEU." @smerler.bsky.social on the global role of the euro in light of American chaos. www.bruegel.org/first-glance...

Europe is investing in tanks, missiles, and coordination. But what it lacks most isn’t firepower—it’s fire in the belly. Until Europeans believe their way of life is worth defending, no strategy will stick. @wojciechprzybylski.bsky.social and I wrote for @projectsyndicate.bsky.social. 1/5.

1️⃣ 🧶 @projectsyndicate.bsky.social: Europe’s democracies face a paradox: we cherish peace but lack the will to fight for it. With US support in doubt & threats from Russia & China 🔺, the EU must forge a collective resolve to defend itself 🛡️ #EuropeSecurity www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/e...

With security threats proliferating, the EU is scrambling to strengthen its capacity to defend itself. But the biggest obstacle Europe faces on this front is that decades of reliance on the US have fostered a widespread belief that security is guaranteed, not earned @projectsyndicate.bsky.social

Cła Trumpa to koniec ideologii globalizmu. Czas na partnerstwo poparte siłą - piszę @wyborcza.pl W środę w siedzibie @respublicanowa.bsky.social porozmawiamy o polskiej perspektywie z: Michałem Baranowskim & prof. Żukrowską @sghwarsaweu.bsky.social Zapraszam! Linki poniżej ⏬ 1/3

Read this 👇 over the weekend. Long form. No-paywall. What Europe should do in the new age of geoeconomics

My take @taz.de on Netanyahu in 🇭🇺: Orban tries to kill several birds with one stone with the invitation: 1️⃣ discredit the role of int. institutions & rule of law 2️⃣ do business 3️⃣ political marketing: this topic can divide the opposition or distract from his weak opinion polls. By @florianbayer.at

A brilliant analysis about why & how the European Union has to integrate deeper and to enlarge, including a security & defence hardware pillar together with the UK! @WojciechPrzybilslki visegradinsight.eu/europe-shoul...

A good one for my first post on this platform :-). @wojciechprzybylski.bsky.social from @visegradinsight.bsky.social and I elaborated our ideas on how a liberal pro-democracy strategy for defense may look like. I am grateful to @EuropeanLiberalForum for publishing it. liberalforum.eu/publication/...

🎙️ Our latest podcast is out! What does Georgescu’s ban mean for Romanian democracy? 🎧 Listen➡️ open.spotify.com/episode/2HiM... With comments from Matthew Boyse on his new report 'When Democrats Govern Undemocratically: The Case of Poland'. @wojciechprzybylski.bsky.social @staskaleta.bsky.social

W październiku napisaliśmy z @gbuldioski.bsky.social o sondażu Gallupa. Czy był(a)byś gotowy/a bronić kraju, gdyby został zaatakowany? TAK: 49% Polaków, 23% Niemców, 33% UK. Liderzy centrowych partii politycznych zaczynają rozumieć, że coś z tym muszą zrobić. Krok Tuska w dobrą stronę @wyborcza.pl

My take @chathamhouse.bsky.social: 🇵🇱 @rafal-trzaskowski.bsky.social is running on a platform of greater unity and economic progress. With a rating of 33 per cent, it’s striking that he is now polling above the party of @donald-tusk.bsky.social, who endorsed him LINK below 🔽

🪖Poland’s defence strategy shows that military readiness and civic engagement can go hand in hand. Read the new COMMENTARY, What Democrats Can Learn from Tusk's Defence Policy Playbook, by @gbuldioski.bsky.social and @wojciechprzybylski.bsky.social ⤵️ visegradinsight.eu/what-democra...

Totally Orban playbook

Hungary blocks a draft doc by EU on security guarantees to Ukraine in apparently coordinated action with the US. It should not prevent European countries from coordinated support that enables Ukraine to hold the lines

Thank you, Ukraine, for standing up to evil when so many of us fail the test of character! 24 February 2025 With @visegradinsight.bsky.social Future of Ukraine Fellows

🇩🇪 Musk effect on AfD result in German elections = ZERO. Big fat puff 💨

🇨🇳🇪🇺 Calls for more China engagement will grow – but they are the wrong response. De-risking and alliance-building, not dependency, should be the priority, writes @matejsimalcik.bsky.social. 👇 visegradinsight.eu/korcoks-call...

The UK 🇬🇧 PM Starmer is now the security leader in Eastern Europe. Why Trump's agenda spells trouble for the Polish far-right in the pivotal presidential race. Also, will Slovakia pop? LISTEN to the NEW @visegradinsight.bsky.social Podcast we cohost w/ @staskaleta.bsky.social 👇 [links]

🪖 While EU leaders debate Ukraine’s defence in Paris, the UK is the first to commit troops. 🗳️ With German elections around the corner and France offering ideas instead of action, Poland is waiting on more than words – Munich. Never again. The #WeeklyOutlook ⤵️ visegradinsight.eu/eastern-flan...

How is Central Europe after Munich? Read our bullet points - for paid subscribers only 👇 www.visegradinsight.eu

1st meeting of the year set our eyes on economic security. Read our recent stories: one about what Tier2 means for Central Europe by @sylvcz.bsky.social and my brief on sanctions, tariffs and the Grey Security Rhino which Viktor Orban did not see www.visegradinsight.eu

🎙️ The Beginning of the End for Robert Fico? Our latest podcast out now ➡️ podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/v... 🇸🇰 Special guests Beata Balogová, Editor-in-Chief of SME Daily, and Rasťo Kužel, Executive Director at MEMO 98, dive into the protests that swept Slovakia last week and what to expect next.

New supply chain mess on horizon. Among other things, of course.

I write: Trump’s tariff policy proposals underscore the primacy of security in trade relations, leaving CEE countries with a choice: adapt to the new order or risk economic setbacks. Read 👉 visegradinsight.eu/trump-orban-... Let me know what you think @vtchakarova.bsky.social @martinehl.bsky.social

Tusk Slams Door in Hungary’s Face To Kick Off EU Presidency - this week’s outlook by @visegradinsight.bsky.social visegradinsight.eu/tusk-slams-d...

Listen to our end-of-the-year @visegradinsight.bsky.social Podcast on your favourite platform… …and read accompanying brief Democracy Shield – Europe's Battles of 2024 and 2025 Next year we will continue to shape the debate on EU Values Foresight. See the link below

In our latest @visegradinsight.bsky.social Podcast we discuss DIMI in EU with @staskaleta.bsky.social comparing Fico, Orban and Romanian TikTokers. Bonus interview with Christian Lequesne @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social Enjoy listening on Spotify, Apple and other platforms

W naszym najnowszym podkaście EUROPA NA KRAWĘDZI @respublicanowa.bsky.social mówimy o tym dlaczego Macron zmartwychwstał dzięki Trumpowi i jak amerykański prezydent-elekt wpłynie na polityczność Unii Europejskiej. Zapraszam na Spotify, Apple Podcast oraz inne platformy podcastowe

Macron-Tusk in Warsaw and EU’s Big Five 🇫🇷🇩🇪🇪🇸🇮🇹🇵🇱- UK 🇬🇧 are about preparing to take coordinated political decisions about Europe’s future. Poland is now one of Europe’s framework nation. Thx @tvpworld.bsky.social for the invitation @visegradinsight.bsky.social @respublicanowa.bsky.social

This morning, we had the pleasure of hosting a group of distinguished diplomats and experts during the Visegrad Insight Breakfast. 👉 During the event, we discussed the priorities of Poland's upcoming presidency of the EU Council. Thank you for joining the discussion!

Trump’s crew foreign policy mindset right now: focus on Russia, pressure Iran, improve relations with China Carefully timed 8:00AM Dec 8th. Quite long for Trump’s typical social media post

Can Warsaw reshape EU enlargement by linking it to security? Join our online event on 9 December on Zoom! Speakers: Magdalena Góra and @wojciechprzybylski.bsky.social. Join us and subscribe now, taking advantage of the final days of the Black Friday promotion!👇👇 visegradinsight.eu/event-online...