Poland's new law criminalizing mention of the complicity of the "Polish nation” in the crimes of the Holocaust is a dangerous attempt to use history as a political tool. Yet Poland's government is hardly the first to edit the past to serve a nationalist narrative, as Israelis should know very well.
argues that the Polish government's effort to manipulate its WWII history is disturbing, but hardly unique.
The Russian state’s ideological madness and reversion to warlordism have been abetted by a religious fundamentalism that openly celebrates death in the name of achieving a god-like status. As Vladimir Putin’s propagandists are telling Russians, “Life is overrated.”
traces the religious and intellectual roots of the Kremlin’s increasingly morbid war propaganda.
It is hard to reconcile the jubilant mood of many business leaders with the uncertainty caused by the war in Ukraine. While there are some positive signs of economic recovery, a sudden escalation could severely destabilize the global economy, cause a stock market crash, and accelerate deglobalization.
warns that the Ukraine war and economic fragmentation are still jeopardizing world growth prospects.
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华沙——波兰无法逃脱历史。在6月底突然召开的一次会议上,波兰下议院(Sejm)匆忙通过了全国纪念协会法案修正案,彻底推翻了今年1月通过的另外一项修正案。从即时起,因为二战时期纳粹罪行而指责波兰将不再被处以三年有期徒刑。
执政的法律与正义党(PiS)快速摒弃自己所提出的“记忆法”并不是一件令人惊讶的事情。最初的立法引来了国际公愤,尤其是以色列。就连美国总统唐纳德·特朗普——通常是波兰民族主义者的密友——也表示在危机解决前不会继续会见波兰领导人。
而且,波兰政府调整记忆法的方式显得荒诞不经。首先,整个过程秘密进行,以至于以色列和波兰关系由两国各自的情报机构负责调整,唯恐该法的主要支持者波兰司法部长兹比格涅夫·齐博罗听到关于法律修正案的风声。
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