• No Time-outs for the Global Aspen Community

  Walter Isaacson

• A New Leaf on the Aspen Tree

  Michael Žantovský

• FOREWORD

  Radek Špicar

• EDITORIAL: Between the East and the West

  Aleksander Kaczorowski

Cover Story

• Europe and the German Dilemma

  Piotr Buras

• “German Virtues” vs “German Diktat”

  Robert Schuster

• A Comeback of Mitteleuropa

  Maciej Nowicki

• The Nightmare of Central Europe

  Aleksander Kaczorowski

• A Demandeur not a Hegemon

  Kai-Olaf Lang

The Interview

• The Czech Exception

  Aleksander Kaczorowski & Robert Schuster

• On Non-Switching on the Light in the Corridor

  Mariusz Szczygieł

Politics

• NATO – Strong, Rough and Ready?

  Grzegorz Kostrzewa-Zorbas

• A Paralyzed Ukraine

  Alexander Duleba

• Poland and Czech Republic – Common Interests or Common weaknesses

  Josef Mlejnek jr

• Between Visegrad and Beijing

  Dariusz Kałan

• Europe is Losing Serbia

  Wojciech Stanislawski

• A Power is (Re)born

  Adam Balcer

• Putin Poised for Political Liberalization

  Filip Memches

• The Splitting of Central Europe

  Martin M. Šimečka

Economy

• Chinese Strategy towards Central Europe

  Bogdan Góralczyk

• Shale Gas: Opportunities and Risks

  Grzegorz Pytel

• Return of the Rentiers

  Maciej Nowicki

• The Czech Interests and Betting on Britain in a Stormy Europe

  Jan Macháček

Culture

• Like a Czech Film

  Peter Jukes

• End of the world, or a New Hope

  Edwin Bendyk

• Judt the Defiant

  Aleksander Kaczorowski

• A Frustrated Spin Doctor Blows the Whistle

  Filip Memches

• Shoa in Czech Literature

  Veronika Tuckerova

• Towards Auschwitz

  Tomasz Stawiszyński

• Romanian Mineriads

  Bogdan Góralczyk

• Old Talk of New Normalisation

  Tomas Němeček