Czeslaw Milosz: Tradition Confronts Postmodern Nihilism
Czeslaw Milosz issues from a time and place when making a distinction between the ethos of a poet, essayist or philosopher seemed an unnecessary and imprudent indiscretion.…
The U.S. Foreign Policy Establishment’s Perception of Poland (1980-1981)
With the declassification of secret material after the collapse of the Warsaw Pact and the Soviet Union, scholars are able to determine how accurate were the perceptions…
The Paradox of Solidarity from a Thirty Years Perspective
After thirty years since it first came to existence, the Solidarity movement is not only a recognized symbol of the Cold War’s end, but it is also…
Soviet Attitudes Towards Poland’s Solidarity Movement
Nowadays, the Polish Solidarity movement of the 1980s is often considered to be the first step in the downfall of the Soviet empire. Solidarity was not only…
The Polish Perspective of American Foreign Policy: Selected Moments from the Cold War Era
Introduction Bipolarity in international relations was the main characteristic of the Cold War Era. The world was divided between two opposing political, economic and military blocs. The…
High Noon and Polish Freedom A History of Mutual Respect
The Poster That Symbolizes Shared Values Not many U. S. political scientists I had the pleasure to read or otherwise communicate with know that a poster depicting…
Eric Voegelin Invades Poland
Problem ladu politycznego. eseje o mysli Erica Voegelina (The Problem of Political Order. Essays on the Thought of Eric Voegelin), forward by Michal. J. Czarnecki. Warszawa: Fudnacja…