Alex Krawiec BLOG 17 Dec 2018 https://www.thersa.org/blog/2018/12/the-climate-around-the-climate Alex Krawiec, the RSA’s Connector in Poland reflects on the significance of COP24 being held in her country and warns that, although it seems easier to, we’re failing ourselves if we continue to avoid planning for the long term. Instead, we must take…

Alex Krawiec BLOG 19 Oct 2016 https://www.thersa.org/blog/2016/10/the-power-of-definitions Adopting a definition of a human being that marks the moment of conception as the beginning of human life, and claims that this very early stage of life is sacred, could, misleadingly, put the anti-abortion laws in Poland in a humanitarian light. In…

Alex Krawiec COMMENT 09 Nov 2020 https://www.thersa.org/comment/2020/11/womens-rights-revisited-again Many would argue that women’s rights in the 21st century are almost equal to those of men. Alex Krawiec FRSA argues that in reality, ‘almost’ can translate into gross discrimination against women’s right to personal decisions, especially those regarding sexuality and motherhood. Despite…

COMMENT 18 Sep 2017 https://www.thersa.org/comment/2017/09/delusion-over-reality---an-update-from-poland In light of recent events in Poland, in a two part blog series, Alexandra Krawiec, our RSA Connector looks back at its history. In 1959 Richard Nixon, at that time the vice-president of the US, flew to the Soviet Union for the grand opening of…

A recap of Alex Krawiec talk for the RSA Japan by Philippe Valdois BLOG 31 Jul 2018 https://www.thersa.org/blog/2018/08/rsa-jfn-immune-to-failure---learning-to-thrive-in-the-age-of-uncertainty On 10th July 2018, the RSA Japan Fellows’ Network (RSA JFN) had the pleasure to welcome a distinguished guest, Alexandra Krawiec, at STOCK Takanawa in Minato-ku, Tokyo, for a lecture and debate…

BLOG 19 Dec 2017 by Lauren Orso This is an abstract. The whole article can be read here: https://www.thersa.org/blog/2017/12/change-stories-an-international-perspective ‘being part of the RSA’s Global Fellowship has allowed me to learn a great deal about the international community, and to gain valuable insight into some of their local problems’ Alexandra…

RSA BLOG 28 Mar 2017 https://www.thersa.org/blog/2017/03/7-days-of-genius-a-report-from-poland The world we have created reflects our nature, thus it will never be a perfect place, but it can be a better one. Nations still invest in weapons, some even promote the possession of guns, and today — even in democratic Europe — women…

Alex Krawiec RSA blogs 28 Sep 2017 https://www.thersa.org/comment/2017/09/on-the-fragility-and-resilience-of-democracy---update-from-poland In light of recent events in Poland, in the second part of the two part blog series, Alexandra Krawiec, our RSA Connector — Poland looks back at its history. For many, the socio-political turmoil we currently experience seems to have fallen on…

Alex Krawiec 15 Dec 2016 https://www.thersa.org/blog/2016/12/on-the-importance-of-tolerance-and-inclusion Being human, at least in my view, is intrinsically connected to creativity, education, tolerance and weakness. …