Strategy&Future

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Jak pisałem poprzednio, martwimy się nad Wisłą, co z amerykańskimi gwarancjami bezpieczeństwa za rządów nowej administracji w Waszyngtonie. Ale to nie wszystko. Nawet w wypadku podtrzymania zaangażowania USA w relacje z Polską zachodzi konieczność udzielenia odpowiedzi na nurtujące od dawna pytanie, czy formuła wyłącznie „lekkiej” obecności USA (a taka jest obecnie) obsługuje podstawowe interesy Rzeczypospolitej w obliczu przebudowy ładu światowego.

As I wrote earlier, we are worried on the Vistula River about American security guarantees under the new administration in Washington. But this is not everything. Even if the US involvement in relations with Poland is maintained, it is necessary to answer a question that has long been troubling us: Does the formula of the “light” US footprint (as is currently the case) support the basic interests of Poland in the face of the reconstruction of the world order?

Opened in December 2005, the Donghai Bridge — connecting mainland Shanghai with a new deepwater container port on the islands of Yangshan in Hangzhou Bay 32.5km away — was not the world’s longest cross-water bridge. The Lake Pontchartrain Causeway in New Orleans, completed in the 1960s, was longer. But Donghai (meaning East China Sea) Bridge was a very concrete symbol of China’s ambitions to dominate world trade.

Weekly Brief 5–11.12.2020

Jacek Bartosiak talks to Peter Zeihan on the chaotic times that are coming and will last for another generation, on decoupling, deglobalization, and on the need for consolidation in Europe.

Jacek Bartosiak talks to Peter Zeihan on the chaotic times that are coming and will last for another generation, on decoupling, deglobalization, and on the need for consolidation in Europe.

Jacek Bartosiak talks to Hugh White of Australia on the Canberra’s strategic posture

Jacek Bartosiak talks to Hugh White of Australia on the Canberra’s strategic posture

“In Baghdad, the capital city, you will see street merchants selling exactly the same kind of pottery that their ancestors sold at the time of the Arabian Nights. Not far away, you will see great dams and modern refineries equal to the best you have seen in America. If you happen to be sent to the oil fields, you will discover miracles of modern engineering construction side by side with primitive refineries built 2,000 years ago and still in operation…

Americans should have the right to engage in commercial exploration, recovery, and use of resources in outer space, consistent with applicable law. Outer space is a legally and physically unique domain of human activity, and the United States does not view it as a global common. Executive Order on Encouraging International Support for the Recovery and Use of Space Resources, Issued on: April 6, 2020