When talking about Ronald Reagan, I have to be personal. We in Poland took him so personally. Why?

The Nobel Peace Prize is the world’s most prestigious award, as Jay Nordlinger argues in this erudite and insightful history. He has written not only the go-to reference book for the prize and its laureates but also an important philosophical reflection on the nature of “peace” in modern times.

Former Polish president Lech Walesa urges dissidents in countries still in the grip of dictators to draw inspiration from the Solidarity trade union he helped to found 25 years ago.

The managing director of the New Atlantic Initiative Radek Sikorski believes that the experience of the Solidarity trade union can build up confidence among opposition activists in undemocratic countries. This will be the aim of the Solidarity 25 Years Later - Lessons in Freedom Struggle conference to be held in Gdansk on Aug.30.

President Obama's speech in Oslo makes sound arguments about the need to use force at times for the purpose of maintaining peace. The problem is, his examples are either simply wrong or, at best, dubious.

Poland's Solidarity movement holds lessons for democratic movements today across the globe.

In Egypt and Tunisia, the unions are at their most influential position in decades.

Twenty-five years ago, on August 31, 1980, as waves of strikes spread outward from the Lenin shipyard, Polish Communist authorities signed an agreement with the underground opposition movement, giving workers the right to be represented by a democratically elected trade union. Drawing inspiration from Christianity and democratic socialism, Solidarity’s bloodless...