AUTHOR'S BIO
Aleksander Kwasniewski
Aleksander Kwaśniewski was Poland’s president from 1995 to 2005.
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Forging a European Worldview
Aleksander Kwasniewski Series: Europe at Home and Abroad 
2009-11-04Some complain that the EU lacks a “worldview.” In fact, the EU ‘s problem is that it has too many of them: shared histories are an insufficient basis for shared policies.... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 0 Read: 14718
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The Vanishing Bomb
Aleksander Kwasniewski, Tadeusz Mazowiecki and Lech Walesa Series: The World in Words 2009-04-03
The agreement by the American and Russian presidents to renew strategic arms reductions has revived hope for the global abolition of nuclear arms. The urgency can hardly be exaggerated: nuclear weapons may come into the possession of states that might use them, as well as of stateless terrorists – creating new threats of unimaginable proportion.... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 0 Read: 16217
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Is Honest Politics Possible?
Aleksander Kwasniewski Series: The Worldly Philosophers 2002-12-23" Those who desire to treat politics and morals separately will never understand anything of either." So wrote Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and I agree. The practice of politics not only can but must be reconciled with the imperatives of honesty. ... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 0 Read: 27247
