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President Barack Obama in Warsaw, June 3, 2014

NATOSource

Jun 13, 2014

Obama’s Billion Dollar Initiative Important to Security of Central Europe

By Eric Auner, World Politics Review

In Warsaw, Obama also announced a $1 billion “European Reassurance Initiative” to support regional partnerships and fund U.S. presence in the region.

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Polish economist Leszek Balcerowicz led his country's "shock therapy" reforms in the 1990s. He says Ukraine can make the same transformation. (CC License)

New Atlanticist

Jun 9, 2014

Ukraine Needs, and Could Manage, a Polish-Style ‘Shock Therapy’ Reform Plan

By Irena Chalupa

Veterans of Poland’s Economic Transformation Urge Ukraine to Clean Corruption ‘to the Bone’ Today Poland and Ukraine have closer relations than ever in their mutual history. Since the fall of communism, a historically adversarial relationship has evolved into a strategic partnership. Over the past decade, Polish statesmen such as Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski or former […]

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In the News

Jun 6, 2014

Kordosova: European Reassurance Initiative is “Much Needed”

By Simona Kordosova

World Politics Review quotes Brent Scowcroft Center Associate Director Simona Kordosova on the US-Polish relationship and the new European Reassurance Initiative that President Obama announced during his recent trip to Warsaw:

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Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, April 17, 2014

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Jun 5, 2014

The West Shows No Willingness to Defend Freedom Against Russia

By Editorial Board, Washington Post

[W]hat of the defense of freedom, about which Mr. Obama spoke at Warsaw’s Castle Square? The president and his European partners are going only so far as they perceive they can without unduly upsetting Mr. Putin.

Poland Russia

In the News

Jun 4, 2014

Brattberg: Obama Must Use Europe Trip to Reinforce US Leadership

By Erik Brattberg

Brent Scowcroft Center Resident Fellow Erik Brattberg co-writes for The National Interest on why President Obama should use his trip to Europe as an opportunity to reaffirm US support for European security: 

Poland Russia

News

Jun 4, 2014

Kordosova on New European Reassurance Initiative

By Simona Kordosova

Scowcroft Center Associate Director Simona Kordosova commented on the new European Reassurance Initiative announced by President Obama during his recent trip to Poland. The show is in Slovak. The interview starts at 23:45. WATCH ONLINE.

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Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski, June 3, 2014

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Jun 3, 2014

Sikorski Calls for Major US Base in Poland

By Peter Baker, New York Times

Anxious about the threat from Moscow, Polish leaders have been pressing for a more robust deployment, and even creation of a permanent base on their territory.

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Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski, April 30, 2014

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Jun 3, 2014

President Komorowski: Russia has No Right to Block Deployment of NATO Troops and Infratructure in Poland

By Bronislaw Komorowski, White House

I also wish to stress that it is our common concern that, at the Wales summit, of NATO to reconfirm the need for the greater engagement of NATO in the development of infrastructure that would facilitate the reception of the reinforcement forces in case of threat.

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President Barack Obama and Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski, June 3, 2014

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Jun 3, 2014

Obama Announces Billion Dollar Initiative to Strengthen European Security

By White House

From the White House:  Today, I’m announcing a new initiative to bolster the security of our NATO allies here in Europe.

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NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen and Prime Minister of Poland Donald Tusk, May 8, 2014

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Jun 2, 2014

German Official Discloses that NATO To Discuss Sending More Troops to Poland

NATO defence ministers will discuss temporarily reinforcing forces in Poland when they meet in Brussels this week

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