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Sławomir Sierakowski

Sławomir Sierakowski

Writing for PS since 2015
118 commentaries
3 videos & podcasts

Sławomir Sierakowski, Founder of the Krytyka Polityczna movement, is a Mercator senior fellow. 

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  1. Viktor Orbán’s Home for Populist Fugitives
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    Viktor Orbán’s Home for Populist Fugitives

    Jan 7, 2025 Sławomir Sierakowski highlights the Hungarian leader’s policy of offering asylum to European politicians facing corruption charges.

  2. Has Angela Merkel No Shame?
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    Has Angela Merkel No Shame?

    Nov 28, 2024 Sławomir Sierakowski marvels at the former German chancellor’s denial of her own role in Europe’s current malaise.

  3. Could Trump Be Good for Europe?
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    Could Trump Be Good for Europe?

    Nov 11, 2024 Sławomir Sierakowski thinks the coming change in US leadership could be the shock that the European Union needs.

  4. Polish Democracy’s Winter of Discontent
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    Polish Democracy’s Winter of Discontent

    Oct 25, 2024 Sławomir Sierakowski explains why enthusiasm for the country’s ruling coalition has waned over the past year.

  5. The Real Winners of the European Election
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    The Real Winners of the European Election

    Jun 11, 2024 Sławomir Sierakowski considers who is in the strongest position after a far-right wave failed to materialize.

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    Trump’s Industrial Policy Is More Continuity Than Disruption

    Elisabeth Reynolds thinks that rebuilding America’s manufacturing base has become a central pillar of the US economic agenda.
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    Oligarchy in America

    Though Donald Trump attracted more support than ever from working-class voters in the 2024 US presidential election, he has long embraced an agenda that benefits the wealthiest Americans above all. During his second term, however, Trump seems committed not just to serving America’s ultra-rich, but to letting them wield state power themselves.

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    Give the UK Growth Agenda a Chance

    Mohamed A. El-Erian sees promise in the current government’s economic-policy plan despite its imperfections.
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    Islam on Trial in India

    Shashi Tharoor warns that efforts to replace centuries-old mosques with Hindu temples could trigger communal violence.
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    Will Crypto Save the Dollar?

    Lucrezia Reichlin asks whether the Trump administration's stablecoin strategy can preserve the greenback's global hegemony.
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    The Tragedy of Zhou Enlai

    Minxin Pei

    The reputation of China's longest-serving premier has fared far better than that of the Maoist regime he faithfully served. Zhou's political survival skills enabled him to survive many purges, and even to steer Mao away from potential disasters, but he could not escape the Chairman's cruelty, even at the end of his life.

    reflects on the complicated life and legacy of the renowned diplomat who was Mao Zedong’s dutiful lieutenant.
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    How Liberals Lost America

    Andrés Velasco attributes Donald Trump’s return to power to Democrats’ embrace of both moral neutrality and moral preachiness.
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    Norway Should Cede Its War Windfall to Ukraine

    Håvard Halland & Knut Anton Mork say that the government's justifications for its war profiteering are disingenuous and short-sighted.
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    Is DeepSeek Really a Threat?

    Amar Bhidé explains what a purported Chinese AI breakthrough does and does not mean for the industry.

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