Essays & reportage
29 November 2024
Outsiders promoting political liberalisation in an impatient or immodest spirit shouldn’t be surprised by a backlash
International
15 May 2024
In Poland, Donald Tusk shows how to reach voters tempted by authoritarians
Essays & reportage
1 October 2021
The predicament of refugees at the Polish–Belarusian border evokes deportations to Poland in 1938 and a novel published in 1940
International
5 November 2014
Exhibitions across Europe show that national histories continue to shape the telling of the first world war, writes Daniel Nethery
Books & arts
3 October 2013
John Besemeres reviews a remarkable book and recounts the career of its equally remarkable author
Books & arts
2 July 2013
A new account of Poland’s experience of the second world war helps fill a blank page in our historical consciousness, writes John Besemeres
International
5 December 2011
The mood has become a little anxious at the headquarters of the Occidental Club, reports John Besemeres
Books & arts
24 October 2011
Adam Michnik has taken a long journey from student rebel to newspaper editor. John Besemeres reviews his new collection of essays
International
14 October 2011
Fears that Poland could lurch to the right proved unfounded when Poles voted last weekend, writes John Besemeres. The results highlight the waning influence of the Church…
Correspondents
11 August 2011
In Poland and Russia John Besemeres found two countries heading in quite different directions
International
21 April 2011
Jostling between Vladimir Putin and Dimitry Medvedev and trouble with neighbours could play out in very significant ways for Russia and its region, writes John Besemeres
International
15 November 2010
The fall of the Berlin Wall was the iconic event in the unravelling of European communism. But it might not have happened without the strikes across Poland eight years earlier,…
International
1 July 2010
Is the thaw in relations between Poland and Russia sustainable? The Polish presidential election campaign and recent trends in Russian foreign policy highlight the key factors in…