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The millions of Ukrainian refugees across Europe are ambassadors for their country. The deep bond between Poland and Ukraine is likely to become a standing feature of European politics

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The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth is back

Among the many unforeseen consequences of Russia´s attempted invasion of Ukraine on 24 February, Europe's mental map is shifting.

Since the fall of communism, countries like Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova were perceived as lingering in a twilight zone between the EU and Russia. Not anymore.

For Western Europeans, it is the second major shift of their mental map. After 1989 they re-discovered Central Europe, which — from their perspective — had disappeared behind the Iron Curtain for...

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Michael Meyer-Resende is the executive director of Democracy Reporting International, a non-partisan NGO in Berlin that supports political participation.

The millions of Ukrainian refugees across Europe are ambassadors for their country. The deep bond between Poland and Ukraine is likely to become a standing feature of European politics

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Michael Meyer-Resende is the executive director of Democracy Reporting International, a non-partisan NGO in Berlin that supports political participation.

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