UPDATE ON PREVIOUS PAGE
The nationalist right is continuing its resurgence in the Polish world, with the National Party still building up momentum. The shock of a prime ministerial assassination (our first since David Israel in the 1870s!) will surely have a major political impact. Emma Spas had personally played a huge role in holding liberal power together, we shall see if her successors can do the same.
Internationally, the failure to stop the Polish-backed rebels conquering huge swathes of the Baltic has set up a clear flag that the Isfahan Order will not been enforced unconditionally. And it is the Asian powers who are now looking hungrily at how they might exploit this.
It is well that Solidarity has been outflanked by the National Party, though I'm not sure the politics of the right will ultimately extricate Poland from her present position. Still, it would be well if some of the more egregious impositions of the Treaty of Isfahan were rolled back to remove some of the resentments that are fueling this present wave of reactionary populism. Liberal internationalism seems likely to have been discredited to Poland's neighbors, so an acceptance of the status-quo/annexation by the Europeans feels like it might be off the table for now. It would perhaps be best if the world's eyes were drawn elsewhere where Poland would feel like a potential asset and viable partner for rapprochement.
The nationalist right is continuing its resurgence in the Polish world, with the National Party still building up momentum. The shock of a prime ministerial assassination (our first since David Israel in the 1870s!) will surely have a major political impact. Emma Spas had personally played a huge role in holding liberal power together, we shall see if her successors can do the same.
Internationally, the failure to stop the Polish-backed rebels conquering huge swathes of the Baltic has set up a clear flag that the Isfahan Order will not been enforced unconditionally. And it is the Asian powers who are now looking hungrily at how they might exploit this.
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