Today, we ask whether a historic shift is underway in Europe. Is its center of gravity moving eastwards, thanks to the Ukraine war efforts of Poland and other ex-Eastern Bloc countries?
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
01:02 Biden makes trip to Ukraine, Poland
02:20 Poland’s support to Ukraine, NATO
08:56 Former Soviet Union and sphere of influence
14:51 Is Poland’s democracy backsliding?
32:30 Poland’s ties with Taiwan and China
39:58 Ukraine, Poland united against Russia
Our guests are:
- Legislator Lin Ching-yi Democratic Progressive Party legislator, Taiwan Legislature’s Foreign and National Defense Committee Member, and Former Taiwan Ambassador-at-Large and Geneva Delegation Member
- Marcin Jerzewski European Values Center for Security Policy Taiwan Office Head, Taiwan NextGen Foundation Research Fellow, China Observers in Central and Eastern Europe (CHOICE) Association for International Affairs Contributor
We also speak with:
Antonina Łuszczykiewicz
- A Senior Fulbright Fellow at Indiana University Bloomington and Founding Director of Taiwan Lab Research Center at Jagiellonian University in Krakow