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A Moment of Opportunity for Central Europe
7 May 2026
With Russia testing NATO, the US reshaping its global role through economic pressure, and traditional leaders like Germany facing economic headwinds, Europe is entering a moment of profound uncertainty. How should it respond? What role will Germany play, and how will Warsaw and Berlin navigate their fraught ties?
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Recorded on the sidelines of our Europe Future Forum – a gathering of over 180 ministers, diplomats, think tankers and analysts convened by Visegrad Insight to explore the Polish perspective on key European issues – this conversation brings together Staś Kaleta and Constanze Stelzenmüller, Director of the Centre on the United States and Europe and inaugural Fritz Stern Chair on Germany and Transatlantic Relations at The Brookings Institution in Washington. You can find the full podcast below:
Staś Kaleta: Earlier this month, we saw Russia’s joint incursion into Poland and the invocation of NATO Article 4. Prime Minister Donald Tusk said this is the closest Poland has been to open conflict since World War II.
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