Who Gets to Claim History?
In a divided Poland, the trajectory of liberal democracy over the past 30 years is seen as a success by the liberal left. The ruling national conservatives have a very different narrative.
+++ Vladimir Putin’s Russia seems to have gone from strength to strength: threatening Europe militarily, waging hybrid war against the West, intervening decisively in Syria and most recently in Libya. But is Russia really that strong? Anders Åslund argues that it isn't: rather, Russia is an authoritarian kleptocracy caught in an anti-reform trap. Heinrich Brauss explains that Russia is turning into an ever more threatening neighbor; Liana Fix says that Germany's Russia policy consists of little more than post-2014 sanctions and pressing on with Nord Stream 2; Pepijn Bergsen profiles Mark Rutte, the Dutch Prime Minister; Noah Gordon, in his Carbon Critical column, writes about decarbonized international relations; and much more +++
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