Few countries escape the middle income trap. After 100 years of wars, occupations, and rebirth, Poland's economy bears the same relationship to Germany's as it did in 1918. Today's American south bears the same relationship to the north as it did in the 1840s. Economic structures change very slowly. But the middle income trap is not an economic trap. It is a political trap. Economic tools exist for overcoming it, but few countries use them - writes Professor Salvatore Babones (University of Sydney, Institute for Policy Studies) in CIR's comment "Escaping the middle income trap".

With challenges of digital security, the traditional division between the State and the private sector is groundless, as it precludes development of effective protective solutions. The key is a broad collaboration between these sectors - more so, as the issue of cyber security becomes ever more significant due to rapid development of ICT and possibilities provided by the market - write CIR's President dr Małgorzata Bonikowska and CIR's experts Michał Szczygielski and Antoni Wierzejski in the analysis "Cyber security. Challenge for EU states", published by the India News & Feature Alliance (INFA).

Leadership and budget issues are playing a key role in discussions concerning European security. If we want to conduct joint military operations we need to have a will and money – said Hans van Baalen, MEP and vice-President of ALDE, during European Liberal Forum expert seminar in Brussels. There is also a need for strengthening cooperation between EU member states in the field of cyber security - added Pierre Chastanet, Deputy Head of Unit Trust&Security in the Directorate General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology of the European Commision.