A Conversation with U.S. Ambassador Hill: The Balkans, Europe's Powder Keg?

Mateusz Morawiecki on Central Europe's economy, convergence and what comes next

Central Europe pulled off its own miracle — three decades of convergence toward Western living standards, powered by cheap labor, German supply chains, and EU funds. Mateusz Morawiecki on how the region caught up, why the old model is running out, and how to keep converging when Europe itself is losing its edge.

The Polish Miracle: Mateusz Morawiecki on how it was built, what it cost, and whether it can last

For a decade Poland has been Europe's growth miracle. We sit down with ex Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, one of the miracle architects: what it was actually built on, which reforms aged best, what it cost, and whether the miracle can survive the end of cheap labor.

Ze Silicon Valley až do Tchaj-peje: William Kubik o čipech, americko-čínské válce a budoucnosti AI

Polovodiče dnes rozhodují o ekonomice 21. století. S Williamem Kubikem z J&T Banky se ptáme, jak daleko Čína skutečně je a jestli si Západ udrží náskok.

From Wall Street to Sofia: ex-prime minister Kiril Petkov on the Eurozone and economy

From a US business career to the Prime Minister's office, and now back in business in Sofia — Kiril Petkov has seen Bulgaria's economy from every seat. Six months into the euro, we ask him what the country, and the wider region, is really worth today.

A Conversation with U.S. Ambassador Hill: The Balkans, Europe's Powder Keg?

One of the few American diplomats who lived the Balkans — Tirana, Skopje, Dayton, Belgrade. He was at Dayton, was called "too friendly" to Serbia, and pushes back hard. A contrarian look at Vučić, Kosovo, Bosnia and what the West keeps getting wrong.