AUTHOR'S BIO
Tadeusz Mazowiecki
Tadeusz Mazowiecki was prime minister in Poland’s first non-communist government (1989-1990).
| RECENT COMMENTARIES | FEATURED COMMENTARIES | MOST READ COMMENTARIES |
-
The Vanishing Bomb
Aleksander Kwasniewski, Tadeusz Mazowiecki and Lech Walesa Series: The World in Words 2009-04-03The 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: 16233
-
Solidarity Takes Power
Tadeusz Mazowiecki Series: The World in Words 1999-09-09WARSAW: Ten years ago in September I was charged with forming the first non-communist government in what was still the communist world. The Soviet Union still existed, as did the Warsaw Pact, the Red Army retained bases across Poland, Solidarity had only recently come up from underground and many of its leaders were only just out of prison. Restoring Solidarity's public role was essential in all that was to follow. ... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 0 Read: 6763
