Threat Assessment

V/I Weekly News Roundup

30 January 2020

Whether it is the coronavirus, judiciary reforms, Russia or jihadism, Central Europe has different ideas about what constitutes important regional or global threats. The Czech cabinet decision to deploy soldiers in West Africa, contrary to Poland’s reluctance to engage in the south, shows the lack of a common frame of assessment.

 

Buying time through dialogue

In the latest chapter of the ongoing dispute over the Polish judiciary reforms, EU Commissioner for Values and Transparency Věra Jourová visited Warsaw this week, in an attempt to break the deadlock using face-to-face-diplomacy. The current government perceives Jourová as an easier interlocutor – than Frans Timmermans – in finding a possible compromise, although her meeting with Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro did not produce any concrete results.

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Quincy Cloet

Dr Quincy R. Cloet is a specialist in the history and politics of international organisations, based in Poland. He is an award-winning historian with academic and media publications in the areas of international politics, history, European studies and human rights.

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