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Trans-Saharan Gas Pipeline (TSGP): From Decades of Dreams to Reality Africa Analysis

Trans-Saharan Gas Pipeline (TSGP): From Decades of Dreams to Reality

The Trans-Saharan Gas Pipeline project, revived after decades of feasibility studies and empty political declarations, enters a new phase as Algeria announces the start of construction in early 2026. Originally published as a featured expert commentary on CIRE.pl.

March 10, 2026 5 min
A Few Words to My Single Female Friends Europe Opinion

A Few Words to My Single Female Friends

I understand you a little — you were lied to and you believed it. I understand, because I was lied to as well, and like you, I believed. In that story about self-fulfillment, freedom of choice, and freedom from consequences.

November 26, 2023 2 min
Liberal Democracy Europe Opinion

Liberal Democracy

The adjective "liberal" distances it from democracy in the strict sense roughly as far as its "people's" strain — unfortunately still alive in us — was once distant from democracy itself.

November 21, 2023 7 min
On Russia and Europe Europe Opinion

On Russia and Europe

What Russia is like and the mentality of the so-called Russian man, world leaders have known for years — they could draw on intelligence reports as well as scholarly works on the subject.

June 13, 2023 4 min
The Word Europe Opinion

The Word

For years, the word has been subjected to unrelenting violation. We change its meaning, hollowing it out — we bleach it of content or assign it new meanings, often vague and deceitful.

December 22, 2022 3 min
Unity in Times of War Europe Opinion

Unity in Times of War

The wartime unity is clearly behind us. It lasted a whopping two weeks. If there is anything good in that, it is a sign that those better informed — meaning the politicians — know the threat to Poland has passed.

March 12, 2022 5 min
What's New? Nothing Much — Just Sex and Vodka Europe Opinion

What's New? Nothing Much — Just Sex and Vodka

Banality and grotesquerie are the words that describe our times. The worshippers of reason have, over the centuries, betrayed their idol and lost touch with reality on more than one occasion — but now, that betrayal has become permanent.

December 17, 2020 6 min
Myths and Other Fairy Tales Europe Opinion

Myths and Other Fairy Tales

My whole adult life I thought I had some problem with fairy tales. I do not like watching them, and when they are on "in the background" I fall asleep. Myths are a different matter.

September 10, 2020 8 min
I Am a Homophobe Europe Opinion

I Am a Homophobe

I am a homophobe. Why? An inner voice screams — after all, you respect those who are different, and more than that, you like some of them, just as you like some heterosexuals, and it has nothing to do with sexual orientation.

June 16, 2020 5 min