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Who Gets Carried Away by Europe?

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Who Gets Carried Away by Europe?In July 2014, the Young Academies from Belgium, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, Scotland and Sweden announced an international contest. “Who gets carried away by Europe?” – was the prize question to which all the participants were asked to give a reply. Od redakcjiKomunikat dotyczący nagrody akademickiej "Who gets carried away by Europe?".
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The paper presents a thesis that European integration and globalization are causes of the erosion of national identities. Attributes which are commonly tied with nation: language, separate territory, confession become less and less important. People who can in their everyday activity have profits of unlimited flows of capital, service and can chose their place of living, lose interest in their identifica- tion through those factors; they can speak fluently not only in their native language but in other languages as well; they can leave their territory without political barriers; their traditional confession is not as strong as it used to be earlier. Their identity - especially on higher strata of social stratification - is no more given them, but rather chosen now.
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The purpose of this article is to analyze the most important sources and manifestations of Islamic radicalism in Europe. In order to achieve this aim the historical and the ideological determinants of the development of this phenomenon have been presented, followed by identification of the main stages of the evolution of jihadist threats and actors affecting its evolution. In that respect main argument of this article is that the jihadist threat to the security of selected European countries has relatively increased in the last few years and is dependent of the following issues: the process of radicalization of Muslim communities in Europe, changes in tactics and organization of jihadi groups, the success of the recruitment process and anti-terrorist activity of Western countries.
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W niniejszej publikacji skupiono się na przedstawieniu źródeł i najważniejszych przejawów radykalizmu islamskiego w Europie. Zwrócono w szczególności uwagę na historyczne i ideologiczne determinanty rozwoju tego zjawiska. Wskazano najważniejsze etapy ewolucji zagrożenia dżihadystycznego oraz aktorów mających wpływ na jego ewolucję. Uwzględniając powyższe przesłanki w artykule zawarto ponadto najważniejsze wnioski dotyczące wzrastającego poziomu powyższego zagrożenia dla wybranych państw europejskich, w okresie ostatnich kilkunastu lat wraz ze wskazaniem zmiennych wpływających na ów poziom w postaci: procesu radykalizacji społeczności muzułmańskich w Europie, zmian w taktyce i organizacji grup dżihadystycznych, sukcesu akcji rekrutacyjnych i antyterrorystycznej aktywności państw Zachodu.
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The flow of immigrants into Europe is a phenomenon commonly known since the end of the Second World War. To a large extent it was the result of a colonial and then post-colonial relationship between metropolises and their overseas territories. Migration movements in Europe intensified after 1989 along with systemic changes in the eastern part of the continent. The phenomenon of increased migration to Europe observed since March 2015 combines both processes: economic migration, which undoubtedly dominates in terms of number, and exiles, of a much smaller scale, but given as the cause of migration by almost all migrants. A new phenomenon is the fact that a large part of migrants constitutes uncontrolled migration, which in previous years was marginal. In 2015, asylum applications were submitted in EU countries by as many as 1.25 million people. The influx of refugees to Europe has become not only a demographic phenomenon, but also a political one, evoking strong political emotions. Mass migrations also seem to be an instrument of international policy implementation by key world powers. The main purpose of the article was to present the background of the mass migration to Europe that took place in 2015. The main reasons for the decision to emigrate by the citizens of origin countries were shown, as well as the routes by which refugees flow into Europe.
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The article focuses on the roots of current refugee and economic migration to the European Union and recommends long-term solutions, including developmental aid; against this background the European Union’s reaction is examined. The objective is to point to the significance of long-term solutions to the problem of migrants and refugees, reiterating such key issues as launching economic reconstruction and ensuring security in the countries of origin.
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Jak COVID-19 zmienił Europę? (artykuł wstępny)

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How COVID-19 changed Europe?
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RESEARCH OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this paper is to assess the state of entrepreneurship education in higher education institutions in Europe (which are not universities for Economics) comparing the academic developments in the field of entrepreneurship in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and Western Europe (WE). THE RESEARCH PROBLEM AND METHODS: To fulfil the objectiveof the paper such research methods as literature review and Internet research were applied. THE PROCESS OF ARGUMENTATION: The process of arguments presented in this paper was systemized in two parts. Firstly, there was discussed the theoretical background of academic entrepreneurship education. Secondly, based on own Internet research there was presented and discussed the educationalprogramme in the field of entrepreneurship at selected European universities. RESEARCH RESULTS: There are discrepancies in teaching entrepreneurship between universities in Europe. West-European universities offer a richer entrepreneurship programme than those in South-Europe. Moreover, universities in CEE lag behind those in WE in entrepreneurship education. Poland is an exception,which offers a range of specialist subjects in the field of entrepreneurship, which Polish academics seem to specialize in. CONCLUSIONS, INNOVATIONS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS:The paper focuses on examining the entrepreneurship as a single subject (compulsory or optional) of university curriculum. It is recommended to analyze, if universities have specialist chairs for entrepreneurship and entrepreneurship centres offering a comprehensive entrepreneurship programme.
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The European Dream. The frontier in European History

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Many European citizens do not have a clear idea about European identity. But a European Dream (in many ways parallel to the American Dream) has raised hopes and offered opportunities for democratic and peaceful development. As F.J. Turner emphasized the importance of the frontier in shaping American character, we can also see the importance of the frontier in shaping the European mindset. In terms of topological mapping, a frontier is often also a war‑front. Outside Europe as well, borders such as the Great Wall of China have defined territory as a defended area. However, boundaries have seen not only war. Many cross‑border regions have in fact seen dialogue, communication, commerce, change, travel, and mutual inspiration. European identity was strengthened and defined through ancient reasoning concerning frontiers. According to Braudel, the Mediterranean cannot be understood independently from what is exterior to it. The first European identity was strengthened and defined on the frontier and the values of Europe are best perceived along its borders. The light shines strongest in the point of its source, but it is more appreciated to the point of its limit, where darkness and brightness compete for space – and even for life. European peripheries may be seen as a problem, yet they are the bastions of Europe and today, like yesterday, they have frequently prevented the institutional collapse of the center of Europe. Sometimes, an institutional breakdown begins at the peripheries and then, like an avalanche, sweeps the center away.
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The article deals with the problems to conceptualize social ethics of democratic transformation in post-soviet society. Special attention is paid to the role of European social standards in the process of realizing the European civilization choice of Ukraine. It is also stressed here that European social standards remain a key factor making a project of European integration so attractive for the majority of Ukrainians. Special role of a stage by stage solution of a so-called “social approach” on the way to all-rounded humanization of state-forming strategies of European nations and of the system of European international relations in general is being stressed here. The main emphasis is also laid on the historical role of common European values. An attempt is made here to elucidate the above problems in correspondence with the ones expressed in the National report “Civilizational choice of Ukraine – a paradigm of cognition and a strategy to act” (2016), prepared by the leading scholars of Ukrainian Academy of Science. It is also accentuated that decisive factor to achieve success in joining the space of European unity is in integrity of understanding the ideas of Freedom and Justice. Since internal and external components of European freedom and justice are so closely intertwined that their separate interpretation in author’s opinion has no epistemological perspective. In conditions of world economic crisis the configuration, dynamics and content of integrational processes both in Europe and in post-soviet countries are being substantially changed while preserving basic system factors. Stable economic prosperity and social progress are becoming more and more dependent on world economic situation. At the same time, social welfare of citizens in some countries as well as their authority in contemporary world fully depend on moral-ethical maturity of national elites, level of confidence in society, general level of culture and the rate of individual responsibility of citizens for their future. With this view we consider the role of social ethics in general context of forming new theoretical and methodological basis of contemporary historical science. The utter importance of social problems for adequate understanding of crisis phenomena in political, economic and cultural life of the European Union after several stages of substantial expansion is being underlined. Special place of “European social model” in contemporary scientific and political discourse is being emphasized. It is underlined that nowadays we speak not only about rational and pragmatic correction of logic of international interaction but about radical change of all logic of internal social interaction, about formation and application of qualitatively new theory of making decisions. The above problems acquire special meaning in modern conditions of sharpening geopolitical competition concerning Ukraine. Real social result of Ukrainian civilizational choice directly influences the process of this competition, as it directly defines the position of both Ukrainian citizens and citizens of European Union countries. Modern financial and migration crisis of EU only enhances the influence of social factor on collective consciousness of “old” and “new” Europeans, frequently engendering rather dangerous tendencies in European life. The author tries to accentuate the importance of the idea of a serious social optimization strategy of European integration of Ukraine while considering qualitatively new external and internal conditions of National progress.
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Celem artykułu jest analiza zależności między aktywnością innowacyjną gospodarek, a w szczególności zdolnością do kreowania zasobów wiedzy technicznej a konkurencyjnością gospodarek. Autorka omawia najpierw główne czynniki determinujące konkurencyjność gospodarek, ze szczególnym uwzględnieniem zdolności innowacyjnych, oraz różne sposoby mierzenia tych procesów. Następnie przedstawia analizę empiryczną, w której zbadane zostały korelacje pomiędzy 25 indeksami odzwierciedlającymi różne czynniki określające potencjał poszczególnych krajów w zakresie kreacji wiedzy technicznej i 2 wskaźnikami mierzącymi konkurencyjność gospodarek (PKB per capita i wydajność pracy). Analiza została przeprowadzona na zbiorze danych obejmującym 26 krajów europejskich (niektóre wskaźniki były dostępne tylko dla 22 lub 23 krajów) w okresie 2003–2010. Przeprowadzona analiza umożliwiła wskazanie najważniejszych czynników określających zdolności innowacyjne badanych krajów i ich konkurencyjność, do których należy: ogólny poziom nakładów na działalność badawczo-rozwojową (B+R), wielkość zatrudnienia w tej działalności i aktywność w zakresie ochrony własności intelektualnej (mierzona relatywną liczbą zgłoszeń patentowych).
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The aim of the article is to analyse the dependence between the innovation activity, notably the ability to create new technological knowledge, and the competitiveness of economies. The author disusses fi rst the main factors that determine the competitiveness of economies, with special consideration of innovation capacity, and various measures applied in this respect. The empirical analysis focuses on correlation between 25 indexes refl ecting various aspects of the potential to create new technological knowledge and 2 indexes measuring the competiveness of the economies (GDP per capita and labour productivity). The analysis was carried out on a data sample covering 26 European countries (for some indexes, data were available for 22 or 23 countries) in the period 2003–2010. According to the results, the following factors are most important in determining the innovation ability of individual countries, thereby contributing to the competiveness of their economies: total expenditure on research and development (R&D), employment in R&D activity and intellectual property protection (represented by the relative number of patent applications).
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Целью статьи является анализ зависимости между активностью экономик в области ин- новаций, в частности, способностью создавать ресурсы технических знаний и конкурен- тоспособностью экономик. Автор начинает с обсуждения главных факторов, определяю- щих конкурентоспособность экономик, с особым учетом инновационных способностей, а также разные способы измерения этих процессов. Затем представляется эмпирический анализ, в котором были исследованы корреляции между 25 индексами, отражающими разные факторы потенциала отдельных стран в области создания технических знаний и двумя показателями, измеряющими конкурентоспособность экономик (ВВП на душу населения и производительность труда). Анализ был проведен на массиве данных, ох- ватывающих 26 европейских стран (некоторые показатели были доступны только для 22 или 23 стран) за период с 2003 по 2010 гг. Были выделены самые важные факторы, влияющие на инновационные способности исследуемых стран и их конкурентоспособ- ность, к которым относятся: общий уровень вложений в деятельность по исследованию и развитию (НИОКР), величина занятости в этой отрасли и активность в области защиты интеллектуальной собственности, измеряемой относительным количеством патентных заявок.
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Book review of C. Noica, European cultural model
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Léopold Sédar Senghor (1906-2001), eminent columnist, excellent speaker, literary critic, philosopher, culture specialist and linguist, one of the ablest African poets of the 20th century, he was one of the first to start the dialogue between Africa and Europe in the 30's. His poetry and journalism broadened a cultural sphere, and his socio-political activity laid foundations of reaching an agreement between different continents. The great African patriot, he was and will remain a man of an open world, the boundless world.
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Consolidation of the North Atlantic Alliance based on a new division of tasks and responsibilities is currently a key issue for the future of transatlantic relations. The new Strategic Concept of Lisbon (2010) was supposed to curb the discrepancies between the member states on crucial matters pertaining to the future of the Alliance and restore its unity. Those discrepancies resulted from a tension between NATO’s original functions, i.e. collective defense and a deepening of transatlantic cooperation on the one hand and tasks connected with the post-Cold War role of the Alliance on non-Treaty area on the other. The Concept was to prepare the Alliance to react more efficiently to a new type of challenges like rocket weapons attack or cyberterrorist attacks, or challenges concerning energy security. Implementation of the Concept was hindered by such adverse factors as the effects of the financial crisis in the USA and the EU or the USA’s strategic turn towards the Pacific. The Chicago summit (2012) launched a closer military integration of the member states and a new division of burdens between Europe and the USA as indispensable requisites of the Alliance’s further existence.
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On the two Galicias: from Lesser Poland to the outskirts of Europe, from the Atlantic to the Vistula riverThe article is aiming to compare the two European Galicias: the Spanish one, being one of the autonomous communities of Spain and the historical-cultural  region located in the East-Central part of  Europe. Is there, apart from the coincidence of names which may serve as a good starting point for the play of words and anecdotes on ‘national characters’, something more which links these two distant geographic territories? From the socio-cultural perspective it is worth to have a look at the sphere of social ideas and myths which accompany discussions on the two Galicias. Is there in the complicated and quite elusive (in the sense of uncountable, changing and subjective) matter of local traditions, daily life patterns and customs, any link between the two European Galicias?In this short article, I will try to refer to certain stereotypes, cultural myths and anecdotes came to being in the sphere of social concepts. They were created, on one hand, by the media (in particular in the context of the unification of the richer Europe with its poorer part), on the other – by individual human experiences, in whose lives dual Galician adventures entwined. O dwóch Galicjach: z Małopolski na krańce Europy, znad Atlantyku nad WisłęCelem tekstu jest próba zestawienia ze sobą dwóch Galicji Europy: hiszpańskiej, funkcjonującej jako jedna ze wspólnot autonomicznych Królestwa Hiszpanii, oraz środkowoeuropejskiej, będącej historyczno-kulturowym regionem, niegdyś częścią imperium Habsburgów. Czy poza zbieżnością nazw, która może być dobrym punktem wyjścia do zabaw słownych i anegdot na temat „charakterów narodowych”, istnieje jeszcze coś, co łączy te dwa geograficznie odległe terytoria? Z perspektywy socjologiczno-kulturoznawczej warto się przyjrzeć sferze społecznych wyobrażeń i mitów towarzyszących dyskusjom o dwóch Galicjach. Czy w skomplikowanej i dość nieuchwytnej (w sensie niepoliczalnej, zmiennej, subiektywnej) materii lokalnych tradycji, modelów życia codziennego, obyczajów istnieje jakaś więź między dwoma Galicjami Europy? W tym krótkim tekście postaram się odwołać do pewnych stereotypów, mitów kulturowych i anegdot, które zaistniały w sferze społecznych wyobrażeń. Stworzyły je, z jednej strony, media (zwłaszcza w kontekście jednoczenia się bogatszej Europy z jej biedniejszą częścią), z drugiej zaś przeżycia jednostek, w których losy wplotły się doświadczenia „podwójnie galicyjskie”.
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Wyznaczniki polityki amerykańskiej wobec Europy

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New elements of American policy towards Europe can currently be observed in connection with recent developments at the beginning of the 21st century, including the emergence of new powers which challenge the USA. Since nowadays Europe only to a limited extent meets the expectations of Washington as an important actor on the international arena, it ceases to be a priority in the USA’s policy. Therefore, America’s pivot towards Asia/the Pacific will certainly not be without impact on transatlantic relations posing a genuine threat to their significance. On the other hand, it must be emphasized that despite other factors, common principles and values make Europe/the European Union a key partner for Washington in solving many global and regional problems.
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A systematic typology or comparative analysis of European historical regions does not exist and there is relatively little literature on the topic. The argument in this paper is that a six-fold classification is needed to capture the diversity of Europe's historical regions and that these should be seen in terms of different routes to modernity and have broad civilizational backgrounds in common. The forms of modernity that constitute Europe as a world historical region correspond to North Western Europe, Mediterranean Europe, Central Europe, East Central Europe, South Eastern Europe, North Eastern Europe.
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The article is discussing both challenges and problems that emerge from an intensified cross-border integration, particularly in Europe, which is creating a sort of ‘cross-border regionalism’ that might be sought as a new constituent part of a complex, multi-level system of governance incorporating not only national, but also local/regional agents. Cross-border regionalism is thus not only a system of government, but also a system of ‘grass-rooted’ social and spatial (re)integration of borderlands. This process is closely related to the question of changing territoriality, preserving on the one hand the regional control and on the other hand re-acting societal and territorial co-dependence.
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The article analyses possible interests, attitudes and activities of the major actors in the ‘natural gas supply game’ in Europe after 1990: Russia/Gazprom, alternative suppliers like countries in the Caspian Sea area, the main consumers of gas and transit countries. It stresses that behaviour of the actors depends on the changing international political and economic situation and conditions in individual countries. Special attention is paid to pipeline projects: Nord Stream, South Stream and Nabucco, and reactions to them, such as building a LGN terminal at Świnoujście (Poland), North-South (Baltic-Adriatic) energy corridor and the Polish-Russian gas contract of 2010.
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It seems that our world is made of mainly nation states - independent states based on one particular nation, sometimes with some minorities in that state. Thus the model seams to be ‘a nation is establishing its boundaries’. On the other hand, our world also has the ‘boundaries that made a nation’ model, in which a nation was created after boundaries were drawn. Most independent European countries belong to the first model but Spain, Belgium, and five tiny states belong to the second model.
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