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LSE IDEAS Jagiellonian Forum provides insights on the CEE region, and particularly the V4 countries, the Baltics, and transatlantic relations. Our focus is on the ongoing events related to politics, foreign policy, international relations, security, society, economics, and technology.
The Editorial Board:
- Łukasz Kamieński (Jagiellonian University)
- Wojciech Michnik (Jagiellonian University)
- Johann Kattenstroth (Jagiellonian University)
- Stuart Austin (LSE IDEAS)
Proofreading: Garry Robson
The Managing Editor is Gabriela Kwiatek. For all content inquiries or publication pitches, please contact her at cseep@uj.edu.pl.
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Przemysław Tacik: "Polish Protests Against Anti-Abortion Legal Developments in a Broader Context"
09.06.2021
Dr Przemysław Tacik of the Jagiellonian University explains the social, political, and legal context of the large-scale protests against Poland's Constitutional Court's October 22, 2020, verdict that banned abortion in the case of foetal malformation.
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Garry Robson and Maciej Smółka: "A Tale of Two Lockdowns: Illiberal Democracy in Poland, Psycho-Technocracy in the UK"
21.04.2021
In a post originally published in the Ratiu Forum blog, Garry Robson and Maciej Smółka compare the different responses of Poland and the United Kingdom with respect to the initial outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic; they link this difference to the two nations' political cultures.
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Camille Dobler: 'What Now, Where to, and How Do We Get There? Moving Forward with European Integration After the COVID-19 Pandemic’
21.04.2021
In a post originally published for the Ratiu Forum Blog, Camille Dobler writes about how the COVID-19 pandemic exposed the weaknesses in European cohesion and how the crisis affects the prospects for further European integration.
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Artur Gruszczak: 'Polish Electoral Games During the Pandemic'
20.04.2021
In this essay, Prof. Artur Gruszczak, Chair of National Security at the Jagiellonian University's Faculty of International and Political Studies, examines the possible threats to democracy resulting from the pandemic and how they can be avoided.
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Paweł Laidler: 'Polish Electoral Games During a Pandemic'
20.04.2021
In a piece originally published in the spring of 2020, Prof. Paweł Laidler discusses the dangers to rule of law and democracy that were entailed when Poland's government considered holding postal ballot presidential elections (a development that ultimately did not materialise).
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