Media Watch- July 16

A Tangled Past Complicates Poland’s Welcome to Ukrainian Refugees Polish memories of ethnic pogroms by Ukrainian nationalists in the 1940s jostle with the trauma left by Russia and its war in Ukraine. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/10/world/europe/ukraine-poland-volhynia-massacre-history.html The presidents paid tribute to the victims of Volhynia https://www.warsawvoice.pl/WVpage/pages/article.php/57532/news Resolution of parliament on the anniversary of the Volhynia Massacre https://www.warsawvoice.pl/WVpage/pages/article.php/57572/news Boosting NATO's eastern flank will be a key topic at Vilnius summit: Polish president https://www.polskieradio.pl/395/9766/Artykul/3205821 NATO Offers Ukraine More Support But Not Membership https://cepa.org/article/nato-offers-ukraine-more-support-but-not-membership/ Why didn't Ukraine receive a formal invitation to join NATO? https://www.polskieradio.pl/395/7785/Artykul/3207139 Andrzej Duda: declaration on Ukraine is insufficient https://www.warsawvoice.pl/WVpage/pages/article.php/57570/news Zelensky’s ‘guilt-based’ diplomacy leaves its mark on NATO summit https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/07/13/zelensky-diplomacy-twitter-nato-summit-ukraine-russia/ 3 Takeaways From the NATO Summit – And Where It Leaves the Military Alliance https://www.realcleardefense.com/articles/2023/07/14/3_takeaways_from_the_nato_summit__and_where_it_leaves_the_military_alliance_966117.html NATO's Vilnius summit strengthened collective defence: Polish president https://www.polskieradio.pl/395/9766/Artykul/3207787 Poles can feel safer after NATO summit: PM https://www.polskieradio.pl/395/9766/Artykul/3208294 A Turning Point for Military Spending Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has led to a new willingness for countries to pay for their own defense. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/12/briefing/nato-summit.html Poland set to become NATO's top defence spender https://www.polskieradio.pl/395/9766/Artykul/3205592 Missile shield in a decisive phase https://www.warsawvoice.pl/WVpage/pages/article.php/57582/news Blocking the Bear: NATO Forward Defense of the Baltics Ukraine has bloodied Russia’s military, but NATO must still prepare for invasion. https://cepa.org/article/blocking-the-bear-nato-forward-defense-of-the-baltics/ Europe Wasn’t Built for Our Era of Hard Power and War “Europeans are vegetarians in a world of carnivores, from Russia and China to the US. They can’t, or won’t, grow fangs.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/07/09/leaving-europe-for-america-eu-wasn-t-build-for-war-us-china-hard-power/c01086a2-1e20-11ee-be41-a036f4b098ec_story.html Russia poses biggest threat to NATO: Polish president https://www.polskieradio.pl/395/9766/Artykul/3207059 Poland warns of ‘appropriate response’ after Russia closes Polish consulate in Smolensk https://www.polskieradio.pl/395/7785/Artykul/3208493 Poland Doesn’t Want Migrants, but These Foreign Workers Are Welcome A tiny village is taking in 6,000 laborers from Asia. They are needed by a petroleum company controlled by the right-wing government, which has vowed to keep migrants out. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/15/world/europe/poland-migrant-workers-immigration.html Polish-Lithuanian cooperation is a ‘priceless asset’: president The Polish president has praised Poland’s cooperation with its Baltic neighbour Lithuania as “priceless asset” amid current challenges and for the future. https://www.polskieradio.pl/395/7785/Artykul/3209329 Book review: The Holocaust in Poland and the Erasures of the Past JEWS IN THE GARDEN: A Holocaust Survivor, the Fate of His Family, and the Secret History of Poland in World War II, by Judy Rakowsky https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/12/books/review/jews-in-the-garden-judy-rakowsky.html