Today marks the 11th anniversary of the Smolensk plane crash, which was one of the most tragic events in the history of Poland since World War II. It took the lives of President Lech Kaczyński, the First Lady Maria, and 94 other senior and state...
READ MOREIn 2018 I discussed Justin Vaisse’s biography, Zbigniew Brzezinski: America’s Grand Strategist, in The Polish Review. Vaisse, Director of Policy Planning at...
READ MOREPoland is the second largest producer of coal in Europe after Germany. Since coal plays an important role in the energy sector, the topic of energy transition to clean energy can be controversial. Besides coal there are also other fossil...
READ MOREOn June 12, 2020, Ukraine received the status of Enhanced Opportunities Partner (EOP) of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Five other countries: Australia, Finland, Sweden, Georgia, and Jordan have this status. As a NATO EOP...
READ MOREWhat has Poland’s role been, how has COVID-19 shifted the playing field, and in what ways does energy affect geopolitics? On November 17, the Warsaw Institute in Warsaw, Poland hosted an event titled “Challenges For Energy Security: a...
READ MOREHow does Norman Davies view Poland’s role in today’s political landscape? On November 16th, Steven J. Green School of International and Public Affairs at Florida International University hosted an event as a part of the Blanka Rosenstiel Lecture...
READ MOREChicago’s Edward J. Moskal was born May 21, 1924, the son of immigrants. High school educated and a World War II veteran, he was the proprietor of a successful business at the time of his election in 1967 to serve as treasurer of the Polish...
READ MOREAloysius A. Mazewski was born on January 5, 1916 in North Chicago, Illinois, the son of immigrants. Active in Polish community activities as a student in the 1930s, he graduated with a law degree from DePaul University and volunteered...
READ MOREFour individuals have served as president of the Polish American Congress since its founding in Buffalo, New York in June 1944 in World War II, just days before the great Normandy invasion of Nazi-occupied France. Each went on to contribute to...
READ MOREFought August 13-20, 1920 between the armies of the newly restored Poland and revolutionary Bolshevik Russia, this great battle is also known as “the Miracle of the Wisła” or Vistula, Poland’s main river. Pitting two armies totaling over...
READ MOREIgnacy Jan Paderewski was born on November 6/18, 1860 in the village of Kurylówka in Russian-ruled Podolia. A recognized child prodigy at the piano at age three, in 1872 he was sent by his father, a participant in the 1863 Polish insurrection...
READ MOREWednesday November 11 marks two great anniversaries and two national days of remembrance. What is more, they are very closely connected to one another. On November 11, 1918 World War I ended with an ‘armistice’ or cease fire between the armies of...
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