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Poles, Russians Expel Diplomats Over Spying

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Aug 5, 2025

Poland’s new president could become a major European ally for Trump

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Conservative Karol Nawrocki, who takes over as Poland’s president on August 6, may help convince the US president of the danger posed by Russia.

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Poles, Russians Expel Diplomats Over Spying

New Atlanticist
Jun 2, 2025

Experts react: Conservative Karol Nawrocki is Poland’s next president. What does it mean for Poland, Europe, and the world?

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On June 1, the historian and former boxer triumphed in Poland’s presidential election. Atlantic Council experts share their insights on the contest, the winner, and what’s next.

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Poles, Russians Expel Diplomats Over Spying

New Atlanticist
Mar 14, 2025

Why Poland’s president wants US nuclear weapons

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President Andrzej Duda said this week that US nuclear weapons should be deployed in his country. To understand why, look at not just Poland’s security but also its politics.

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Russian embassy in Warsaw

NATOSource

Nov 17, 2014

Poles, Russians Expel Diplomats Over Spying

By Vanessa Gera, AP

Russian and Polish officials confirmed Monday that they have carried out tit-for-tat diplomatic expulsions in an espionage affair that highlights intensified efforts by Moscow to penetrate NATO counties

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Nov 13, 2014

Bielecki: Russia’s challenge “even graver than it may appear”

By Atlantic Council

The Atlantic Council hosted the 2014 Bronislaw Geremek Lecture on the evening of November 6 at its headquarters in Washington, DC. The lecture series is an initiative launched by the Atlantic Council and the Government of Poland in 2009 to honor one of the great heroes of the Solidarity movement in Poland—and as a reminder […]

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Nov 6, 2014

Bronislaw Geremek Lecture 2014

By Atlantic Council

Please join the Atlantic Council and the Embassy of Poland on Thursday, November 6, 2014 for a unique conversation with former Polish Prime Minister Jan Krzysztof Bielecki and former United States Senator Richard Lugar, as part of the annual Bronislaw Geremek Lecture.

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MQ-9 Reaper armed UAV

NATOSource

Nov 5, 2014

Poland To Buy Armed Drones Amid Ukraine Crisis

By AFP

NATO member Poland said Tuesday it will acquire combat drones as part of a multi-billion-euro revamp of its armed forces amid heightened tensions with Russia over its role in the Ukraine crisis.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, Oct.17, 2014

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Oct 29, 2014

Online Security Experts Link More Cyber Attacks to Russian Government

By New York Times and Guardian

From Nicole Perlroth, New York Times:  For the second time in four months, researchers at a computer security company are connecting the Russian government to electronic espionage efforts around the world.

Cybersecurity Hungary
US troops participating in Combined Resolve exercise, Oct. 25, 2014

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Oct 27, 2014

Has Russia’s War on Ukraine Changed European Defense Budgets?

By Christopher P. Cavas, Defense News

Russia’s heightened aggressiveness has been on display for most of the year, notably in Crimea and Ukraine. But President Vladimir Putin’s military forces have been more antagonistic elsewhere,

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Poland plans to move troops to bases in the East

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Oct 27, 2014

Poland Shifting Thousands of Troops to Its Eastern Borders

By Monika Scislowska, AP

Poland will move thousands of troops toward its eastern borders in a historic realignment of a military structure built in the Cold War, the country’s defense minister told The Associated Press on Monday.

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Defense Industrialist

Oct 20, 2014

Can Coastal Artillery Backstop the Navy?

By James Hasik

Yes, but there are hard ways and easy ways for an army to stand up new capabilities.   The question of coastal artillery was all over the trade press last week, starting with a speech by Defense Secretary Hagel at the AUSA meeting. Hagel noted that for a century after 1812, the US Army protected American ports with a […]

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Russian President Vladimir Putin visiting Novorossiysk, Sept. 23, 2014

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Oct 6, 2014

Russian and Polish Analysts Concerned War in Ukraine Could Escalate and Approach Nuclear Level

By Gideon Rachman, Financial Times

In European capitals I have visited recently – in particular, Warsaw and Berlin – certain ideas about the Ukraine crisis are regarded as established facts.

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Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland in Kiev, Feb. 7, 2014

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Oct 3, 2014

US Worried about ‘Twin Cancers of Democratic Backsliding and Corruption’ in Central Europe

By Victoria Nuland, Department of State

We live in a better world because the countries of Central Europe chose the path of a Europe whole, free and at peace 25 years ago. But today that choice is under threat, and Central Europe is once again on the frontline

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Marek Magierowski

Nonresident Senior Fellow

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Economy & Business Europe & Eurasia

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Joanna Siekiera

Nonresident Fellow

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Rule of Law Polish

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Danuta Hübner

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Europe Center

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Ian Brzezinski

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Central Europe Defense Policy

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Denise Forsthuber

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