In recent weeks we've witnessed an unprecedented flood of people streaming into Europe. Most are intent on reaching Germany and Sweden to take advantage of their generous, welfare systems. Europe faces an existentia crisis as the plans of the EU leadership clash with those of member states who aren't enthusiastic about fundamentally changing their societies.

Europe and the "Migrant Crisis"

My speech (in Polish) on Herbert Hoover and Poland given at the Chancellery of the Prime Minister of Poland. October 2, 2015

Herbert Hoover And Poland (Herbert Hoover i Polska)

Over 1 million migrants entered Europe in 2015. The first few months of 2016 has witnessed an even higher rate of migrants into Europe than last year. Europe is facing a crisis of confidence in the leaders of the European Union and the Visegrad Group (Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary) has taken the lead in asserting its right to protect its borders and limit the flow of foreigners into its territory. Can Europe survive?

Europe's Identity Crisis

Immigration is the key issue facing Western civilization. The crime wave that has accompanied the migrant crisis, particularly in Germany, has caused great alarm, as the German Mass Media and political class has tried to cover it up. Political correctness doesn't yet have a stranglehold on Polish culture in the same way where a controversial magazine cover on Europe and Islam recently made international headlines.

Migration Chaos in Europe Causing Crisis Conditions

March 1 was the National Day of Remembrance of the Cursed Soldiers, a recently created holiday in Poland that pays tribute to the anti-communist resistance after World War II.  

Cursed Soldiers

On March 22, 2016 three suicide bombers wreaked havoc in Belgium, targeting the Brussels Airport and a busy, downtown metro station blocks away from the European Union headquarters. The Islamic State appears to be more capable than ever to launch attacks directly at the heart of the continent. Will EU leaders rise to the occasion, or have they revealed their inability to deal with the gravest threat to European security in our lifetimes?

Brussels, ISIS and the Crisis of European Leadership

Nick Siekierski, a California native, is a PhD candidate in history living in Warsaw, Poland. He worked at the Hoover Insitution Library and Archives at Stanford University for over a dozen years and is fascinated by World War II, immigration, politics, mass media, culture and the dynamics of Eastern Europe. Check out his website: http://www.researchteacher.com

Nick Siekierski Podcast