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Professor Grzegorz W. Kolodko's bestseller analyzing the determinants and consequences of Donald Trump's second term is now available in three languages: „Trump 2.0 Rewolucja chorego rozsądku”, „Trump 2.0: Global Disruptions and Power Shifts”, „Trumps zweite Amtszeit: Globale Machtverschiebungen, internationale Politik und eine neue Weltordnung”. The publisher of the English-language edition writes: „In an era of rapid geopolitical shifts and economic uncertainty, this book takes an academic, professional, and unorthodox approach to analyzing the intricate feedback loops between politics, economics, and security. Against the backdrop of pressing global challenges, this book examines how Donald Trump's return to the White House could reshape the world order, disrupt existing alliances, and redefine America's role on the international stage.”



March 27, 2026, 10:00 a.m.
The event of the year! We invite you to the conference „Unclosed Safes. From Political Dispute to Systemic Solutions for Poland's Security”. Among eminent economists, analysts, lawyers, and experienced politicians, we will discuss issues related to national security, Polish public finances and monetary policy in times of profound geopolitical changes. There’s plenty to debate! The conference is taking place at Kozminski University, Aula II.

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February 2026
The huge interest in Professor Grzegorz W. Kolodko's views continues. This year alone, dozen video, audio, and print interviews have appeared in the media, in which the TIGER director answers numerous questions about the complex economic and political situation, its conditions and its consequences. In the dedicated section of this website, you can read, watch, or listen to as many as 400 interviews with Professor Kołodko.


Photo: Wojciech Kusiński, Polish Radio

February 17, 2026

Jesse Jackson, the American civil rights leader, has died at the age of 84. A monumental figure who left his mark on social progress and peaceful politics. He twice ran for the Democratic Party nomination for President of the United States, in 1984 and 1988. The second time, he won nearly seven million votes, a result that was instrumental in Barack Obama's victory twenty years later. Meanwhile, in 2000, President Bill Clinton awarded Jackson the Medal of Freedom—America's highest civilian honor.
We knew each other personally. Jesse was a wonderful man. Ten years ago, he stayed at my home. Even then, we were concerned about the direction of political change, in the United States and elsewhere, but neither of us imagined it would be as bad as it is now.


January 20, 2026

The first year of Donald Trump's second presidency has passed. Unfortunately, I was right in the assessments contained in the book “Trump 2.0: Global Disruptions and Power Shifts” which I wrote during the first weeks of his megalomaniacal rule in the US and his unbridled domination of world affairs. Unfortunately, because most of these assessments are unequivocally negative. I can't point to one in which I was overly pessimistic. If anything, perhaps I was insufficiently pessimistic once or twice, as I didn't expect that, under the influence of his dictatorial tendencies, the United States would withdraw from over sixty international organizations and agreements serving good causes. I certainly wasn't guilty of excessive optimism, although I didn't expect the dollar to fall on such a scale. I consistently treat President Trump as the world's greatest modern pest. Many people still don't realize the scale of this destructiveness, which will cast a long shadow on the future.


January 19, 2026
Prof. Marcin Piątkowski gave a lecture at the Presidential Palace during a meeting between the President of Poland and representatives of Polish companies. The speech, entitled “Poland's path from poverty to prosperity and prospects for the future,” served as a substantive introduction to further debate with the business community.