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Recent coverage includes a Space Force special operations plan questioned by Congress, a Tech Force initiative to hire thousands for two-year federal jobs, a Navy report on V-22 Osprey safety risks, and a new presidential jet arriving early. Paul Scharre’s views on the global AI arms race are also discussed.
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Poland’s Premier openly challenges the “Brussels’ elites”, responsible for the deads of the terrorist attacks
Poland, After the islamist attacks of Manchester, in which 22 people died, including two Polish citizens, the Polish Prime Minister, Beata Szydło, made strong statement regarding political elites…
Norbert van Handel: We have to create a Union of Central Europe in order to save our identities
Austria, Interview with Norbert van Handel, jurist and man of influence in Austria: “We have to create a Union of Central Europe in order to…
Central and Eastern European countries meet in Warsaw
Originally published in French in Présent. Poland, WarsawOn Wednesday 17 and Thursday 18 May, a summit of the Presidents and Vice-Presidents of the national parliaments of…
Russia and Europe: a political relationship that has never been solved
By Friedrich Romig, Austrian economist and publicist. The opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarly represent those of the…
Final Solution of the Macedonian Question?
By Dr. Harald W. Kotschy, former Austrian ambassador to Macedonia. The opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarly…
Orbán: “EU’s Christian Identity under Threat from Muslim Migrants”
Hungary, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told at the EPP congress in Malta that the European Union should defend itself from a looming “invasion of…
Why Do We Expect So Much From Poland?
PolandIn the Polish weekly Do Rzeczy, Szewach Weiss wondered on March 6 why the Poles are still being asked to apologize for the genocide committed…
Extraordinary V4 Summit over “Garbage Can” Food Quality in Central and Eastern Europe
Central Europe, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico called his counterparts of the Visegrád Group to hold a meeting over the bad quality of products in…
Extraordinary V4 Summit over “Garbage Can” Food Quality in Central and Eastern Europe
Central Europe, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico called his counterparts of the Visegrád Group to hold a meeting over the bad quality of products in…
Romania, Hungary: Ideological Confusion, National Realities
RomaniaMy recent articles on the political situation in Romania, published on this site, have triggered a rather large counter-offensive of misinformation, aimed at both my…
Poland Seen by Szewach Weiss, Former President of the Knesset and Holocaust Survivor
PolandAs the commemoration of the 72nd anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp was taking place, and while some media were still using the…
Lech Walesa, aka agent Bolek
PolandIn February 2016, documents recovered from the widow of General Kiszczak, former Minister of Interior of General Jaruzelski, confirmed what many Poles had been convinced…