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Christopher Lash @chrislashhist.bsky.social · 28d

I saw you cited me! Thanks!

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Magdalena Kozłowska @magdalenakozlowska.bsky.social · Aug 15

Funny how academia works: nothing for ages, then boom, 2 articles in a week. The 2nd began with @rekakrizmanics.bsky.social email. Not my usual period but those intriguing AAN files kept calling… Of course, Jewish threads are in: I wouldn’t be me otherwise 😉. doi.org/10.1177/0888...

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Stanley Bill @stanleysbill.bsky.social · Sep 8

Our new book with @benstanley.eu on illiberalism in Poland has arrived with @stanfordpress.bsky.social. We look at the successes and failures of the Law and Justice (PiS) party as a leading example of the evolving global challenges to liberal democracy. www.sup.org/books/politi...

Good Change | Stanford University Press

Few countries serve as a more useful case study for understanding the global tension between liberal and illiberal conceptions of democracy than Poland. Under the populist Law and Justice (PiS) –led g...

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Natasa Kovacevic (@natasaphd) @natasaphd.bsky.social · Aug 29

My book is available for pre-order from
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Nonaligned Imagination - Northwestern University Press

Recovering the literary and intellectual history of anticolonial collaborations Preoccupied with developing a multiethnic, postcolonial culture and seekin...

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Christopher Lash @chrislashhist.bsky.social · Aug 27

I gave it a bit of a go here bsky.app/profile/chri...

Christopher Lash @chrislashhist.bsky.social · Aug 26

Tbf I was quite surprised that the anti-Ukrainian part of Polish political discourse was so successfully stifled in the aftermath of the invasion. Put it this way, Polish society is deeply sceptical towards Ukraine for historical reasons (and prejudice has always lurked beneath the surface)

Kyiv Post @kyivpost.com · Aug 25

Polish President has vetoed a bill to extend financial and medical aid for unemployed Ukrainian citizens, Wydarzenia reports.

Nawrocki stressed that social support should go to those working in Poland, with Poles remaining the priority in their own country.

Christopher Lash @chrislashhist.bsky.social · Aug 27

Good piece but not enough about the main tensions that have led many Poles to become far more anti-Ukrainian since the early months of the war

Meduza in English @meduza.io · Aug 27

Poland’s new president, conservative Karol Nawrocki, has vetoed a bill that would have extended support for Ukrainian refugees. Meduza looks at his decision, which could push nearly a million people in Poland into a legal gray zone.
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‘Very un-Christian’ Karol Nawrocki rode a ‘Poland first’ campaign to power. Ukrainian refugees are paying the price. — Meduza

Poland’s new president, Karol Nawrocki, has vetoed a bill that would have extended support for Ukrainian refugees. The conservative politician, who was sworn in earlier this month, argues that after…

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Christopher Lash @chrislashhist.bsky.social · Aug 26

Tbf I was quite surprised that the anti-Ukrainian part of Polish political discourse was so successfully stifled in the aftermath of the invasion. Put it this way, Polish society is deeply sceptical towards Ukraine for historical reasons (and prejudice has always lurked beneath the surface)

Kyiv Post @kyivpost.com · Aug 25

Polish President has vetoed a bill to extend financial and medical aid for unemployed Ukrainian citizens, Wydarzenia reports.

Nawrocki stressed that social support should go to those working in Poland, with Poles remaining the priority in their own country.

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Christopher Lash @chrislashhist.bsky.social · Aug 26

I'm not sure how to find a way out of this impasse and Polish-Ukrainian relations are at their weakest point since the invasion. It's actually rather sad that when the conflict eventually ends, the 2 countries which were seemingly on such good terms will be potentially uncomfortable neighbours/ends

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Christopher Lash @chrislashhist.bsky.social · Aug 26

Just to underline, I don't just blame the Poles for this (although this is clear populist nationalist politicking from Nawrocki). Ukraine has been at times tonally deaf to Polish concerns and counted on complete support in a lackadaisical fashion. In addition, there are issues which need resolution

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Christopher Lash @chrislashhist.bsky.social · Aug 26

The fact that it hardly showed its face in the aftermath of the invasion shows how existential a threat Poland initially considered the situation to be. As the conflict has become less existential and more normalized it was always likely that tensions would emerge

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Christopher Lash @chrislashhist.bsky.social · Aug 26

Tbf I was quite surprised that the anti-Ukrainian part of Polish political discourse was so successfully stifled in the aftermath of the invasion. Put it this way, Polish society is deeply sceptical towards Ukraine for historical reasons (and prejudice has always lurked beneath the surface)

Kyiv Post @kyivpost.com · Aug 25

Polish President has vetoed a bill to extend financial and medical aid for unemployed Ukrainian citizens, Wydarzenia reports.

Nawrocki stressed that social support should go to those working in Poland, with Poles remaining the priority in their own country.

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Christopher Lash @chrislashhist.bsky.social · Aug 1

To all proof readers. Please do not be overly thorough and intrusive when looking through proofs. My current article the proof reader has gone a bit ballistic.

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Christopher Lash @chrislashhist.bsky.social · Jul 31

Finding Poland's boasting of the fact they recognized Palestine a bit of a self own as it happened before the fall of communism when Eastern European countries all supported the Arab side anyway

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Christopher Lash @chrislashhist.bsky.social · Jul 23

Russia's over there (thus the obligatory black clouds 😉). At a little village called Piaski (Nowa Karczma) at the Polish Baltic Sea coast very close to the border

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Christopher Lash @chrislashhist.bsky.social · Jul 18

Possible highlight of my stay at the Polish coast; an 8 year girl with a t-shirt with the words 'I love saying dumb sh*t' on it. Would be interested to find out the conversation that preceded the purchase

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Christopher Lash @chrislashhist.bsky.social · Jun 25

Some kind of weird in-joke perhaps?

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David Faris @davidfaris.bsky.social · Jun 22

Netanyahu has spent the better part of two decades trying to strong arm the United States into an unprovoked war against Iran and finally found a president stupid enough to do it for him. Unbelievable.

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Christopher Lash @chrislashhist.bsky.social · Jun 23

Trump's decision to attack Iran two days after saying he might do so in two weeks and now talking about regime change makes me feel that we're in some completely twisted, insanely sped up version of 2003

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Christopher Lash @chrislashhist.bsky.social · Jun 22

People who've done academic research on the Iraq war watching what's going on

a group of men in tuxedos are sitting at a desk with their hands on their faces .

ALT: a group of men in tuxedos are sitting at a desk with their hands on their faces .

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Christopher Lash @chrislashhist.bsky.social · Jun 22

a man with a mustache sits on a yellow swing

ALT: a man with a mustache sits on a yellow swing

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Christopher Lash @chrislashhist.bsky.social · Jun 6

Definitely something to read!

Jan Daniel @horalistani.bsky.social · Jun 6

Finally, highlighting the uniqueness of the Czech position, Joanna Dyduch unpacks the Polish reaction to the Israeli war on Gaza and mounting breaches of IHL and notes the more critical tone of both Polish public opinion and foreign policy. 7/7

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Poland’s Attitudes and Policy Towards Israel and Palestine after October 7th: Continuity and Change | Czech Journal of International Relations

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Jan Daniel @horalistani.bsky.social · Jun 6

I have often been asked about the reasons for the Czech Republic’s uncritical support of Israeli actions.

I am happy that I can now refer to the forum published by the Czech Journal of International Relations that features a range of experts on different aspects of the Czech policy on Israel 🧵 1/7

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Christopher Lash @chrislashhist.bsky.social · Jun 3

Btw all these people saying Sikorski would have beaten Nawrocki. I'm sorry but wtf? Sikorski has the biggest negative electorate of anyone apart from Tusk in PO. Like the left liberals would have turned out to vote for him. Laughable

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