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Poland

February 19, 2026

Three racers carrying skis on their backs run up a set of steps laid into a snow-covered mountain slope.

Global

Europe Has Received the Message

Joseph de Weck

February 17, 2026

A photograph of two soldiers in red berets raising an EU flag

Radio Atlantic

He’s Undocumented. She’s Not.

Hanna Rosin

December 11, 2025

People look at the Chicago skyline at dusk.

National Security

Europe Is Answering Putin’s Challenge

Shane Harris

October 17, 2025

Fighter jets flying in formation over Belgium.

Global

The Beginning of the End of NATO

Robert Kagan

September 10, 2025

A group of Polish soldiers hold a NATO flag at a training in Orzysz, Poland, in July 2022.

Ideas

Russia’s Reckless Provocation

Tom Nichols

September 10, 2025

Vladimir Putin sitting in front of three Russian flags

Ideas

Trump Is No Nationalist

David Frum

September 9, 2025

Picture of Donald Trump and Andrzej Duda, Poland's president, in Washington DC

Ideas

Every Election Is Now Existential

Anne Applebaum

June 6, 2025

Ideas

The Fraught Relationship Between a Pope and His Home

Randy Boyagoda

May 21, 2025

In a crowd of Catholics, one holds up an American flag.

Global

Europeans Have Realized Their Error

Graeme Wood

May 7, 2025

Photo of two men with a Lithuanian flag guarding a barricade

Culture

Finally, a Holocaust Movie With No Lessons

Gal Beckerman

November 1, 2024

A film still in which a man on the right leads a tour group of five people to his left across a field with barbed wire in the background.

Ideas

Poland’s Gift to the American Republic

Timothy Snyder

September 15, 2024

Donald Trump, a Revolutionary War illustration, and Kamala Harris

Poem

A Greek Statue

Wisława Szymborska

October 29, 2023

a square in the center of the image with a picture of a greek statue, and brushes of red and white paint

Ideas

Poland Shows That Autocracy Is Not Inevitable

Anne Applebaum

October 16, 2023

Ideas

Poland’s Election Is Neither Free nor Fair

Anne Applebaum

October 4, 2023

Hundreds of thousands of people joined an opposition march in Warsaw on Sunday.

Global

Can Poland Roll Back Authoritarian Populism?

Yascha Mounk

September 8, 2023

Ideas

Poland’s Imperiled Democracy

Yascha Mounk

June 8, 2023

Donald Tusk inside of a Poland election ballot

Global

Poland Is Not Ready to Accept a New McCarthyism

Piotr H. Kosicki

June 5, 2023

Peaceful protesters holding a big Polish flag

World Cup: The Great Game

The American Soccer Bar Wakes Up

Mara Wilson

December 3, 2022

Ideas

Poland’s Rulers Made Up a ‘Rainbow Plague’

Anne Applebaum

July 14, 2020

The newly reelected president of Poland, Andrzej Duda, holds his hands up in victory

Ideas

Putin’s Big Lie

Anne Applebaum

January 5, 2020

A photo of Russian President Vladimir Putin between two Polish flags

Democracy Undone

The Demagogue’s Cocktail of Victimhood and Strength

Una Hajdari

December 31, 2019

Ideas

After Poland, No Democracy Is Safe

Yascha Mounk

October 14, 2019

Women ride bicycles past election posters, a day after parliamentary election, in Raszyn

Global

The Poland Model—Promoting ‘Family Values’ With Cash Handouts

Anna Louie Sussman

October 14, 2019

Jaroslaw Kaczyński, the leader of Poland's governing party, stands at a lectern in front of a banner with his party's policies.

Ideas

Democracy in Poland Is in Mortal Danger

Yascha Mounk

October 9, 2019

Politics

Trump Is Set to Send More Troops Overseas—This Time to Poland

Kathy Gilsinan

June 12, 2019

Sections

The Print Edition

Winter Olympics Photo of the Day: An Uphill Battle

Europe Has Received the Message

He’s Undocumented. She’s Not.

Europe Is Answering Putin’s Challenge

The Beginning of the End of NATO

Russia’s Reckless Provocation

Trump Is No Nationalist

Every Election Is Now Existential

The Fraught Relationship Between a Pope and His Home

Europeans Have Realized Their Error

Finally, a Holocaust Movie With No Lessons

Poland’s Gift to the American Republic

A Greek Statue

Poland Shows That Autocracy Is Not Inevitable

Poland’s Election Is Neither Free nor Fair

Can Poland Roll Back Authoritarian Populism?

Poland’s Imperiled Democracy

Poland Is Not Ready to Accept a New McCarthyism

The American Soccer Bar Wakes Up

Poland’s Rulers Made Up a ‘Rainbow Plague’

Putin’s Big Lie

The Demagogue’s Cocktail of Victimhood and Strength

After Poland, No Democracy Is Safe

The Poland Model—Promoting ‘Family Values’ With Cash Handouts

Democracy in Poland Is in Mortal Danger

Trump Is Set to Send More Troops Overseas—This Time to Poland