Janusz Bugajski is a Senior Fellow at the Jamestown Foundation, an expert on Russia, Central and Eastern Europe, and transatlantic relations.
Janusz has lectured at leading universities and scientific institutes, written countless articles for American and European media, and parliaments around the world seek his expert opinion.
Interviews
25.04.2025
Failed State. Interview with Janusz Bugajski and Stefan Bandera on UMN
Interview with Janusz Bugajski and Stefan Bandera on Ukrainian Media Network about Janusz Bugajski’s book “Failed State. A Guide to Russia’s Rupture”.
Analysis
19.02.2025
Poland Caught in the Middle of Diplomatic Maneuvers Affecting European Defense and Security
Poland has recently been caught in the middle of intense diplomatic maneuvers affecting European defense and security. As the largest front-line state facing Russia, Poland is navigating to maintain the unity of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) while engaging in discussions over a European defense structure without the United States…
Analysis
14.01.2025
Poland Seeks More Effective Regional Formats as the Visegrád Group Fractures
On January 1, Poland took over the presidency of the Council of the European Union for six months. Its stated priorities are to strengthen all dimensions of European security, including boosting military capabilities, supporting Ukraine in its defense against Russian aggression, reinforcing EU borders, combating the “instrumentalization of migration,” and resisting foreign interference and disinformation…
Telegrafi
News website published in Kosovo
Opinion
08.11.2024
The West’s Fatal Fear of “Escalation”
Russia is escalating its multidimensional and shadow war against the West as Western governments have shown weakness, curbing arms supplies to Kiev and blocking Ukraine’s NATO membership. Moscow lacks the military capabilities to wage direct war against the West and would not risk going into nuclear war. For these reasons, it is trying to get international support to continue the War in Ukraine and intensify its sabotage operations in Europe…
Opinion
08.10.2024
A Key Power in Europe
The presidential candidates in the USA, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, are praising the Polish vote, which has a lot of weight in “swing states”, such as Pennsylvania and Michigan, which will be decisive for the results of the November elections. At the same time, Poland itself is emerging as an increasingly important power in Europe, as revealed in the author’s latest book, which was published in Washington this month…
Opinion
08.09.2024
Belgrade Blocks EU Entry for the Western Balkans
In its campaign to assert Serbian dominance in the Western Balkans, the Vučić government is blocking the region’s progress towards European Union membership. Belgrade reckons that EU membership for any neighboring country will reduce its influence, increase economic disparities with a stagnant Serbia and increase the role of countries fighting Russian influence in Europe…
Selected Articles
Story by Janusz Bugajski
09.04.2025
Mapping Russia’s Devolution
The rupture of the Russian Federation will be the third phase of imperial collapse following the unravelling of the Soviet bloc and the disintegration of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s. It will a…
Story by Janusz Bugajski
25.04.2025
Ukraine and Poland Spearhead Promethean Liberation
Two mythical interpretations of the ancient Greek god Prometheus apply to Russia’s future: fire and creation.1 As the Titan “God of Fire,” Prometheus, or the “Forethinker,” defied the Olympian gods — …
Translations
09.04.2025
Cartographier le morcellement de la Russie
La décomposition de la Fédération de Russie sera la troisième phase de l’effondrement de l’empire, après la désintégration du bloc soviétique et la chute de l’URSS au début des années 1990. Elle annon…
Failed State: A Guide to Russia’s Rupture by Janush Bugajski
Bugajski considers the factors contributing to a possible Russian state collapse, among them lack of economic growth, stark socioeconomic inequalities, distrust of government institutions, regional and ethnic revivals, and most recently, the impact of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
Pivotal Poland: Europe’s Rising Power
Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine precipitated a tectonic shift in European security dynamics, ending a relatively peaceful post–Cold War phase and moving the epicenter of European security eastward, to Poland. Janusz Bugajski explores the nature and context of Warsaw’s determined efforts to shape NATO’s eastern policy and to build a strong, modern military able to resist Russian aggression.