Czechia enters the Trump 2.0 era
Vladimir Mitev Cross-border Talks are back! In its newest interview for CbT, Czech journalist and researcher Veronika Sušová-Salminen discussed the...
Central Europe
Win-Win for Warsaw and Washington: Poland wants more US engagement in the Three Seas Initiative
Bogdan Cozma, Antonia-Laura Pup, The German Marshal Fund of the US, 2 September 2025 When Poland’s new President Karol Nawrocki...
Trump Card: How Nawrocki’s Presidency Reshapes Polish Politics
Karol Nawrocki's plan for presidency - a constructive confrontation, combined with building of his own position. A clear threat to...
Miha Kosovel: The cross-border city identity makes everyone involved a person with larger horizons and richer experience
The Bridge of Friendship, 21 June 2025 On 6 June 2025, the Slovenian intellectual Miha Kosovel gave a lecture at...
Right-Wing Duopoly about to End in Poland [interview]
In the first round of the presidential election, left-wing candidates collectively garnered around 10% of the vote, in the best...
Tusk, Nawrocki, and the Ballot: A New Crisis of Polish Democracy?
Poland’s 2025 presidential election ended with one of the narrowest results in the country’s post-communist history. Karol Nawrocki, backed by...
Polish Presidential Elections: End of a Liberal Dream That Never Was [Analysis]
From hooligan to president, collapse of the liberal coalition, death of the European dream, Trump’s new ally in Warsaw… These...
The Polish presidential elections in context
Vladimir Mitev, Malgorzata Kulbaczewska-Figat On the night of 1–2 June 2025, the Cross-border Talks team — Malgorzata Kulbaczewska-Figat and Vladimir...
The Left in Poland on Crossroads: Civil War as a Recipe for Success? [Analysis]
Despite chronic fragmentation, competing candidacies, and the absence of a unified strategy, the left in Poland achieved its best presidential...
Failing government, rising far right, and fragmentation of the Polish duopoly
The first round of the Polish presidential election offers more than just a snapshot of shifting political preferences — it...
