Michal Baranowski
Former Managing Director, GMF East & Regional Director, PolandEnglish
Polish
Michal Baranowski is a former Managing Director, GMF East & Regional Director, Poland at GMF.
Media Mentions
Wspólna wizyta Dudy i Tuska w USA. Polska demokracja bardziej dojrzała od amerykańskiej?
In White House visit, Polish president pushes NATO to ramp up spending, calls on US to fund Ukraine
Polish liberal opposition declares ‘victory for democracy’ after election exit poll
Biden in Poland: How NATO’s eastern half increasingly leads on Ukraine
Michal Baranowski, The Telegraph, How the West can make Putin pay for what he's done to Ukraine
Michal Baranowski, DW, Poland and the United States: Warsaw and its 'big brother'
Michal Baranowski, Christian Science Monitor, In Europe, Biden’s battle for democracy is no longer just a slogan
Michal Baranowski, Notes from Poland, Ukraine war pushes West to rebuild bridges with Poland
Ukraine War Complicates Biden Administration’s Military Strategy on China and Russia
Michal Baranowski, NYT, Fear of Russia Brings New Purpose and Unity to NATO, Once Again
Michal Baranowski, The Guardian, Biden promises eastern Europeans support in event of Russian attack on Ukraine
Michal Baranowski, Financial Times, How migration became a weapon in a ‘hybrid war’
Michal Baranowski, NYT, Unlike Before, Poland Gets Support From Europe on Tough Borders
Featured Work
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November 6, 2024
Ukraine’s reaction to Donald Trump’s victory is marked by uncertainty and anxiety, but the language of the official response is calm....
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November 6, 2024
Donald Trump’s victory will have a profound impact on Poland’s security environment as well as on Polish domestic politics....
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July 3, 2024
This article is part of a series of short texts on issues that challenge the alliance as it celebrates its 75th anniversary....
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June 24, 2024
The 2024 NATO summit will mark an important step in the alliance’s adaptation to the new security environment resulting from Russia’s full-scale...
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June 6, 2024
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March 28, 2024
Polish-American relations are undergoing an evolution, especially when it comes to the expectation of the United States’ long-term commitment to...
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March 12, 2024
Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk and President Andrzej Duda set aside their bitter disagreements on domestic issues to bring a shared message to...
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February 23, 2024
Regarding Ukraine, the mood at this year’s Munich Security Conference was gloomy. Here, Michał Baranowski argues that Ukraine’s allies can act to help...
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October 16, 2023
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October 10, 2023
The Polish election on October 15 has the potential to reshape the continent’s geopolitical map and future Western support for Ukraine. It is apparent...
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July 12, 2023
GMF experts share their insights and analysis from the 2023 NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania.
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March 3, 2023
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February 16, 2023
Anniversaries should be celebratory, but some are painful remembrances of events that elicited profound change. ...
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January 24, 2023
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December 12, 2022
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September 29, 2022
President Vladimir Putin is about to announce that the four Russian-occupied regions of Ukraine where Moscow organized sham “referendums” in recent...
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May 22, 2022
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March 16, 2022
Viewed from Warsaw, Russia’s war in Ukraine is getting closer to our borders....
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January 26, 2022
Last week, as Russia intensified its military buildup along the border with Ukraine, the German Marshall Fund of the United States in cooperation with...
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January 19, 2022
The crisis between the West and Russia, including the Kremlin’s increasing military buildup threatening Ukraine, is in a critical period after last...
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In the final week of the electoral campaign for Germany’s parliament, the consequences of the potential outcomes for the country’s partners and...
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July 1, 2021
As U.S. President Joe Biden's recent tour of Europe concluded, it became clear that the analysis of some very senior politicians and commentators in...
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June 21, 2021
GMF’s director of the Warsaw office, Michal Baranowski, spoke to BBC World News on the NATO Summit held in Brussels on June 14th. He noted that in...
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May 7, 2021
Poland wants to spend €36 billion in European money aimed at mitigating the impact of the pandemic, even though it blocked the original proposal over...
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May 5, 2021
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February 22, 2021
While most European capitals met the election of U.S. President Joe Biden with a sigh of relief, the ruling elite in Warsaw are holding their breath....
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November 16, 2020
In Poland, there were different reactions to Joe Biden’s victory....
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November 3, 2020
If Biden wins, Poland cannot stand by and remember the good old days - says Michał Baranowski, the boss the Warsaw office of the German Marshall Fund...
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April 14, 2020
The virus is destroying economies and paralyzing societies in ways Russian military planners could only dream....
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February 4, 2020
It is the first visit from a French President to Warsaw in six years, and the relationship between the two countries is still tense....
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December 4, 2019
From Germany to Poland to Brussels, key voices have reaffirmed the centrality of NATO and criticized Macron’s assessment as not only disruptive but...
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October 15, 2019
Poland's Law and Justice party (PiS) prevailed this weekend in parliamentary elections marked by a record turnout of 61%...
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April 1, 2019
"Today, the eastern flank is where the alliance is more relevant than ever—challenged directly by a revanchist Russia—and where the security it...
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February 13, 2019
Editors note: GMF's Michal Baranowski spoke to Deutschlandfunk about Vice President Mike Pence and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's Middle East peace...
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February 12, 2019
High-level delegations from over 40 countries will meet in Warsaw, Poland, this week to discuss the future of the Middle East in the wake of the U.S....
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January 9, 2019
Michal Baranowski stands in front of a white-grey world map in his conference room and explains what the state of mind is in Poland: fear....
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July 5, 2018
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April 9, 2017
The US attack on the Syrian military base at Al-Shayrat was the most important decision of Donald Trump's young Presidency. So far, from Washington,...
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February 24, 2016
Michal Baranowski, director of GMF’s Warsaw office, discusses security in Europe in a radio interview with Polskie Radio. He explains that the United...
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This year was supposed to be the occasion for a big birthday party for NATO. For seven decades the alliance has defended its values and principles...
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On both sides of the Atlantic, recent elections and referenda reflect a groundswell of populist sentiment, highlighting public dissatisfaction with...
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Poland has been a staunch ally of the United States — both within NATO as well as bilaterally....
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The coming NATO summit will be a collective sigh of relief. The alliance has survived the four years of Donald Trump’s presidency—some were not sure...
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Germany and Poland have close and very particular ties with the United States, and both are interested in a strong transatlantic partnership....
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Last week, France’s President Emmanuel Macron visited Poland, a couple of months after his notorious comment about NATO suffering from brain death...
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Next week, President Trump will join Emmanuel Macron, Angela Merkel, Boris Johnson, and other NATO heads of state for a meeting to commemorate the...
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PARIS/WARSAW — Yesterday, 23 EU member states agreed to join the Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO), in a move that is perceived as an important...
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WARSAW—Tomorrow the foreign ministers of Turkey, Poland, and Romania will meet in Warsaw for the first time in this high-level trilateral format....
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It was clear before President Joe Biden took the office that China would be an important issue for transatlantic relations....
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Originally, the NATO Leaders meeting in London was meant to be a short and sweet opportunity to celebrate the Alliance's 70th birthday....
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Despite some positive reactions, particularly in Germany, the mood of the transatlantic community remains mixed at best about the major overture from...