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Maciej Kisilowski

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Maciej Kisilowski is Associate Professor of Law and Strategy at Central European University in Vienna.

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  1. Austria’s Far Right Did Not Win
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    Austria’s Far Right Did Not Win

    Oct 2, 2024 Maciej Kisilowski rejects the notion that a plurality should confer a mandate to govern in a multiparty parliamentary system.

  2. Impunity for Authoritarians Fuels Political Violence
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    Impunity for Authoritarians Fuels Political Violence

    Jul 23, 2024 Maciej Kisilowski explains why allowing corrupt leaders to evade justice can stoke public fear and discontent.

  3. How Poland Won Back Its Democracy
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    How Poland Won Back Its Democracy

    Nov 6, 2023 Maciej Kisilowski highlights five critical factors that propelled the country’s anti-populist opposition to victory.

  4. Poland’s Ruling Party Lost, but Will It Leave?
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    Poland’s Ruling Party Lost, but Will It Leave?

    Oct 16, 2023 Maciej Kisilowski worries that the populist Law and Justice party will abuse its power to subvert the election result.

  5. Can National Reconciliation Defeat Populism?
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    Can National Reconciliation Defeat Populism?

    Oct 2, 2023 Maciej Kisilowski & Anna Wojciuk reflect on the outcome of Slovakia's general election in the run-up to Poland's decisive vote.

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    Subsistence Is Not Enough

    Kweilin Ellingrud, et al. highlight the private sector’s potential role in improving affordability and promoting shared prosperity.
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    Europe Needs a Defense Production Act

    Nicu Popescu urges EU member states to bolster their defense capabilities to guard against future Russian aggression.
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    What Tariffs Can and Can’t Do

    Dani Rodrik

    When tariffs are moderate and used to complement a domestic investment agenda, they need not do much harm; they can even be useful. When they are indiscriminate and are not supported by purposeful domestic policies, they do considerable damage – most of it at home.

     argues that import duties are neither an all-purpose tool, as Donald Trump believes, nor a purposeless one.
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    Could Trump’s Tariffs Help Democratize China?

    Yi Fuxian thinks that China will have to shift its focus from running trade surpluses to strengthening the middle class.
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    A Retrospective on Trump’s First Year Back

    Jeffrey Frankel imagines the economic and geopolitical consequences we might be facing in January 2026.
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    Global Cooperation in the Age of Trump

    George Papaconstantinou & Jean Pisani-Ferry suggest how global commons and interdependencies can be managed in the absence of a responsible superpower.
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    Trump Will Put the US and China Back on a Collision Course

    Ian Bremmer

    Donald Trump's return to the White House will almost certainly trigger an unmanaged decoupling of the world’s most important geopolitical relationship, increasing the risk of global economic disruption and crisis. After all, Chinese leaders will be far less conciliatory than they were during his first term.

     thinks Xi Jinping's government will be less accommodative of the “Tariff Man's” demands this time around.
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    Viktor Orbán’s Home for Populist Fugitives

    Sławomir Sierakowski highlights the Hungarian leader’s policy of offering asylum to European politicians facing corruption charges.
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    Ukraine’s Existential Culture War

    Ian Buruma thinks the country is justified in banning Russian art, even though it runs counter to humanist principles.

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