Tomasz Grzegorz Grosse

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Tomasz G. Grosse is a sociologist, political scientist and historian. He is a professor at the University of Warsaw. Head of Department of European Union Policies at the Institute of European Studies. He specializes in the analysis of economic policies in the EU and the Member States, as well as in public management, geo-economics, Europeanisation, EU theoretical thoughts. He recently published: “Postcrises Europe” (The Polish Institute of International Affairs) “Searching geo-economics in Europe” (Polish Academy of Science, 2014) and edited the books: “European Union Policies at the Time of Crisis” (Scholar 2016) and “The Aspects of a Crisis” (with M. Cichocki, Natolin European Centre 2016).

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Poland’s 2019 Parliamentary Election

Poland’s 2019 Parliamentary Election

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The European Union in Relation to World Powers

The European Union in Relation to World Powers

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Development of Defence Policy and Armaments Industry in the European Union

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On Democracy in Europe

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