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Poland's Deputy Foreign Minister Marcin Przydacz | Live From the Aspen Security Forum
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Poland's Deputy Foreign Minister Marcin Przydacz | Live From the Aspen Security Forum

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Poland's Deputy Foreign Minister Marcin Przydacz | Live From the Aspen Security Forum
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I caught up with Poland's Deputy Foreign Minister Marcin Pryzdacz at the Aspen Security Conference in mid-July.

Poland is a front line state to the crisis in Ukraine and has been directly impacted by Russia's invasion, including hosting millions of Ukrainian refugees. Poland was also and early target of Vladimir Putin's efforts to use gas exports as a kind of blackmail; and when Poland refused to pay for Russian gas in Rubles, Russian gas was abruptly cut off.

I kick off my conversation with the Deputy Foreign Minister with a discussion about the refugee situation in Poland. We have an extended conversation about how Poland responded to Russia's abrupt suspension of gas exports and what lessons from that episode Poland might impart on other countries in Europe. We then have a broad conversation about how Poland's proximity to the fighting in Ukraine is shaping its approach to that conflict.

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https://open.spotify.com/episode/1kAjWhavOAsDSWG0z4r48M?si=a9cadb46c2744f…

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