Sławomir Sierakowski

Born in 1979, Sławomir Sierakowski is a Polish sociologist and political commentator. He is a founder and leader of Krytyka Polityczna (Political Critique), an Eastern European movement of liberal intellectuals, artists and activists, with branches in Ukraine and Russia. He is also the director of the Institute for Advanced Study in Warsaw and the president of the Stanislaw Brzozowski Association, overseeing its publishing house, its online opinion site, cultural centers in Warsaw, Gdansk, Lodz and Cieszyn, in Poland, and in Kiev, Ukraine, and 20 local clubs.

World

Navigating the New Abnormal: Conversation Between Jeffrey D. Sachs and Sławomir Sierakowski

The rise of populism is not connected so much to economics as it is to the failure of democracy.

Sławomir SierakowskiMarch 7, 2017, 2:24 pmMay 11, 2017

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Russia

Peter Pomerantsev: Putin is like a Che Guevara T-shirt [Interview]

Something dangerous is happening to the West.

Sławomir SierakowskiSeptember 16, 2016, 8:12 amSeptember 16, 2016

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Russia

Russia Feels Threatened

Sławomir Sierakowski speaks to Fyodor Lukyanov about Vladimir Putin’s leadership and Russian foreign policy.

Sławomir SierakowskiSeptember 1, 2016, 9:03 amSeptember 1, 2016

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Opinion

Sierakowski: The UK can do without the EU, but the EU can’t do without the UK

In future history textbooks, the chapter that begins with 1989 will end with a photograph of Cameron.

Sławomir SierakowskiJune 27, 2016, 10:28 amJune 27, 2016

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Talk Real

Poland, another ‘illiberal democracy’?

Sławomir Sierakowski on the illiberal developments that have recently taken place in Poland.

Sławomir SierakowskiMarch 30, 2016, 2:53 pmApril 3, 2016

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Central and Eastern Europe

Patterns of illiberalism in Central Europe [interview]

Sławomir Sierakowski in conversation with Anton Shekhovtsov.

Sławomir SierakowskiMarch 7, 2016, 11:21 amMarch 7, 2016

Paris

Editorial, European Union, Poland

Message to my country: Refugees are victims of terrorism, not its source [Sierakowski]

No one has ever benefited from the politics of fear. Translated by Maria Blackwood.

Sławomir SierakowskiNovember 15, 2015, 8:32 pmSeptember 5, 2016