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In Conversation with Antonia Colibasanu | Romania and the Geopolitics of the Black Sea
The following conversation was recorded on October 2, 2025, and has been edited for clarity. You can listen to the conversation here. Natalia Kopytnik: I would like to welcome our guest today, Dr. Antonia Colibasanu. Antonia is...
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In Conversation with Eusebiu Slavitescu | Romania and Regional Security
The following conversation was recorded on September 24, 2025, and has been edited for clarity. You can listen to the full conversation here. Natalia Kopytnik: I would like to welcome our guest today, Eusebiu Slavitescu. Eusebiu is a transatlantic...
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In Conversation with Anna Fotyga | Poland’s Path From Solidarity to NATO Accession and Beyond
The following conversation was recorded on October 17, 2025, and has been edited for clarity. You can listen to the conversation here. Natalia Kopytnik: It’s an honor to welcome Ms. Anna Fotyga to the podcast today. Ms. Fotyga has...
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In Conversation with Tomasz Szatkowski | Poland’s Evolution as a Security Provider
The following conversation was recorded on September 24, 2025, and has been edited for clarity. You can listen to the conversation here. Natalia Kopytnik: Our guest today is the former Polish Ambassador to NATO between 2019 and 2024, Mr....
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In Conversation with Jakub Romaniuk | Poland’s Domestic Dynamics and Defense
The following conversation was recorded on September 22, 2025, and has been edited for clarity. You can listen to the conversation here. Natalia Kopytnik: To get a sense of the current environment in Poland I am speaking with Jakub...
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American Missiles and Russian Dachas: Tomahawk and the Future of Stability and Deterrence in Europe
The Tomahawk cruise missile is a near perfect machine. Its development followed advances in guidance and turbofan engine technology in the 1970s. It has been tested for decades. And it has been upgraded and augmented for the same amount...
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Europe Should Buy and Integrate APKWS Rockets For Drone Defense
In the early morning hours on September 10, more than a dozen Russian target drones crossed into Polish airspace, before less than a dozen were shot down by Dutch F-35s. The infiltration sparked concerns about escalation between NATO and...
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Russia’s New Battlefield Tactics in Ukraine
The Kyiv Independent’s Francis Farrell sits down with Rob Lee, a military expert and senior fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute, to assess the state of Russia’s war in Ukraine three and a half years into the...
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NATO’s Dutch Disease: Can a Wartime Mindset Survive an Injection of Resources?
At the recent summit in The Hague, NATO reaffirmed its commitment to a “new war of production.” With fresh funding, heightened urgency, and rising expectations, the Alliance is cultivating a mindset that is focused, specialized, and execution-driven. But war...
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Czech Republic Faces Pressing Security Challenges Ahead of Parliamentary Elections
Czech President Petr Pavel, in a statement to the press on May 15, 2025, complimented the leaders of the country’s main political parties for their consensus on the core foundations of Prague’s current security posture. According to Pavel, “there...
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