intermarium

Odyssey to the East

Odyssey to the East

The shift of power in post-coronavirus Europe

The Polish have a saying, “nie mój cyrk, nie moje malpy”, which translates to: “Not my circus, not my monkeys”.

The country has made huge and largely unnoticed economic strides since communism retreated from its borders, with the Palace of Culture and Science looming over Warsaw as a testament to Stalin’s lost grip on the region, his name struck off the placard before the building was completed.

Now, with Western Europe divided over the issue of eurobonds to help save its southern half from coronavirus, a near hundred-year old political concept is bieng dusted off to transfer power to the east: The Intermarium.