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Trump Is Back – but what does it mean?

Expert Commentary – Andrzej Derlatka Former Polish ambassador to South Korea, Founder of the Intelligence Agency Donald Trump’s return to the US presidency signals a revival of his signature political strategy: hard-nosed pragmatism and a foreign policy centered on restoring America’s global dominance. His slogan, “Make America Great Again,” is more than just a campaign…

Poland takes the helm in Europe
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Poland takes the helm in Europe

Six months of dealmaking ahead for Poland’s Prime Minister The Polish Presidency of the Council of the European Union from January 1 to June 30, 2025, allows Poland to set the agenda for the 27-country bloc at a crucial time for the continent. Local analysts are considering whether that chance will be seized or squandered.   …

US Nuclear Energy Loans
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US Nuclear Energy Loans

In November, the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) signed a Letter of Intent to provide a $1 billion loan to the state company Polskie Elektrownie Jądrowe Sp. z o.o. for the construction of Poland’s first AP1000 nuclear power plant. The plant will be built in collaboration with the consortium of Westinghouse Electric Company and…

Poland Doubles Financial Support for the World’s Poorest Nations
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Poland doubles aid for IDA

The Government of Poland has pledged to increase its contribution to the World Bank’s IDA by 100% compared to its previous IDA contributions, demonstrating its continued dedication to international development. IDA, or the International Development Association, is the World Bank’s fund for 78 low-income countries. Projects funded by IDA boost economic growth, build resilience, and improve…

ICEYE Contracted by NASA
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ICEYE Contracted by NASA

Polish-Finnish satellite company ICEYE has been contracted by NASA to provide synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data for 5-year Commercial Smallsat Data Acquisition (CSDA) Program. Since 2020, CSDA has been identifying, evaluating, and acquiring data from commercial sources, including ICEYE satellites, to support scientific research, analysis and application objectives of NASA’s Earth Science Division. Unlike traditional…

China: Trade Agreements, No Visas
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China: Trade Agreements, No Visas

From 22 to 26 June the Polish President Andrzej Duda visited China to meet the President Xi Jinping and participate in the World Economic Forum in Dalian, the Polish-Chinese Economic Forum in Shanghai and other events. During four-hour talks the Presidents discussed bilateral economic co-operation, global politics, security and the Belt and Route Initiative started…

Will Poland profit from rebuilding Ukraine?
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Will Poland profit from rebuilding Ukraine?

The issue of whether Polish businesses will profit from post-war reconstruction of Ukraine raised its head again recently. The picture is perhaps not as black as some have painted.  According to the World Bank, it will cost about $411 billion to rebuild Ukraine’s housing, infrastructure, and services destroyed by Russia. During the June 2023 Ukraine…

World’s First Regional Clean Energy Training Center
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World’s First Regional Clean Energy Training Center

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) launched the world’s first regional Clean Energy Training Center in Warsaw to help start Poland’s domestic nuclear energy program. The center will serve Poland and broader Central European region as a training hub for countries considering new or expanded nuclear reactor deployment.  The first training session was launched at Warsaw Technical University in cooperation with the…

Poles at the polls: Europe awaits
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Poles at the polls: Europe awaits

Poland’s elections to the European Parliament will take place on June 9, the third in an electoral marathon, following parliamentary elections last fall and local elections in April. If April’s elections were a mini-plebiscite on the first few months of the post-Law and Justice (PiS) government, a coalition led by Civic Coalition (KO) leader, Donald…

Asia’s Poland meets Europe’s Korea
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Asia’s Poland meets Europe’s Korea

Poland and Korea were both ruled by foreign powers at the start of the 20th century, Poland partitioned between Austria, Germany and Russia, and Korea under Japanese rule. Such shared histories of external oppression are clearly a factor that brought the two nations closer together after the Cold War. Today Korea and Poland have a…