THE LATEST NEWS FROM AND ABOUT POLAND
No One in Europe Is Telling Poland to ‘Shut Up’ Now; Having been proved right about Russia, Warsaw is savoring its newfound influence in NATO and on Ukraine policy. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/21/world/europe/poland-russia-ukraine.html
Biden in Warsaw says the US needs Poland as much as Poland needs US https://www.polskieradio.pl/395/9766/Artykul/3123306
Remarks by President Biden and President Andrzej Duda of Poland After Bilateral Meeting https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2023/02/21/remarks-by-president-biden-and-president-andrzej-duda-of-poland-after-bilateral-meeting/
“1.6, 1.7 million Ukrainians you’ve welcomed” [Biden is way behind: it’s now almost 10 million]
President Biden’s Trip to Poland – Warsaw: Key Issues https://www.heritage.org/sites/default/files/2023-02/IB5305.pdf
Biden’s visit sent a message to investors that ‘Poland is safe’: Duda https://www.polskieradio.pl/395/9766/Artykul/3124023
Biden Vows to Defend NATO Allies as Putin Courts China; President Biden’s visit to Europe ended with a show of support for NATO members on the alliance’s eastern flank. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/02/22/world/russia-ukraine-biden-news
Putin and Biden Shore Up Alliances in Dueling Appearances; On the surface, it looked like a reversion to the Cold War era. The reality was even more complicated. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/22/world/europe/biden-putin-russia-ukraine-allies.html
Ukraine war wouldn’t take so long if Biden would commit to victory; Biden has been too slow getting critical weapon systems to Ukraine “if smaller countries like the Baltics and Poland can provide such outsized support to Ukraine, larger ones have no excuse not to.” https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/ukraine-war-wouldnt-take-long-biden-would-commit-victory
More American troops in Poland? https://www.warsawvoice.pl/WVpage/pages/article.php/56464/news
America sees Poland as a model for others to follow: Polish UN envoy https://www.polskieradio.pl/395/9766/Artykul/3122522
Germany needs to take reparation-minded Poles seriously. Shrugging off Poland’s demands may be legally right, but morally, Germany still has a debt to pay, and it must heed these grievances. https://www.politico.eu/article/german-reparation-poland-world-war-ii/
How Poland is leading efforts to help Ukraine; Video interview with Mika Brzezinski on MSNBC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOXaOd_h2hA
Poland is on a quest to have Europe’s strongest military — with U.S. arms https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/02/22/poland-us-weapons-ukraine-russia/
How Poland, Long Leery of Foreigners, Opened Up to Ukrainians https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/22/world/europe/poland-ukraine-war-refugees.html
Compiled by Jan Czarniecki
