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Podcast: New Books in Political Science
Episode: Is Poland Back on Track? The Challenges for the New Government
Description: In this episode of International Horizons, RBI's Director John Torpey interviews Grzegorz Ekiert, Chair of the Center for European Studies at Harvard University, a propós of the recent election in Poland that installed a centrist government led by former prime minister and president of the European Council Donald Tusk. Ekiert starts by discussing the paradoxes behind the support of Putin and the antiliberalism in Eastern Europe given the imperialism these countries faced from the Russians historically. In addition, Ekiert addressed Poland’s leading role in the democratization and economic development in the region after the end of th...