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OSW Commentary | | Kamil Kłysiński

Tough business in tough times Belarusian exports of potash fertilisers

The extraction of potash salts and their processing into fertilisers have long been hallmarks of Belarusian industrial success. The state-owned company Belaruskali accounted for up to 20% of the global market, relying entirely on domestic…
Analyses | | Wojciech Górecki

Abkhazia the parastates leader steps down

On 19 November, the president of internationally unrecognised Abkhazia, Aslan Bzhania, stepped down and – according to some sources – left for Russia. His resignation came after negotiations between government representatives and the…
Analyses | | Wojciech Górecki

Georgia awaiting a turning point

On 16 November, Georgia’s Central Election Commission announced the official results of the parliamentary elections held three weeks earlier (see ‘The fourth term of Georgian Dream: a questionable victory‘), confirming the preliminary…
Analyses | | Andrzej Wilk

Ukraine gets green light to attack Russian territory with Western-made missiles

On 17 November, Western media outlets including The New York Times and Le Figaro reported that Ukraine had received approval to use US-made ATACMS ballistic missiles and British/French-made Storm Shadow/SCALP cruise missiles against…
Analyses | | Wojciech Górecki

In a cool climate controversy over the COP29 conference in Baku

The UN Climate Change Conference (COP29), held from 11 to 22 November in Baku, represents the most significant event ever hosted by independent Azerbaijan. Approximately 72,000 individuals from nearly 200 countries have registered as…
Analyses | | Andrzej Wilk, Piotr Żochowski

The Russians are again destroying Ukraines energy sector Day 1000 of the war

Analyses | | Andrzej Kohut

Loyalists and revolutionaries Trump is making first foreign policy nominations

Donald Trump not only secured the majority of electoral votes but also won the popular vote. This dispelled doubts about the presidential election results, enabling the early formation of his new administration. The Republicans managed to…
OSW Commentary | | Robert Pszczel

Europes security without America an imperative of the moment or a dangerous idea

For many years, a variety of concepts linked with the so-called European security and defence identity had appeared, vanished and re-emerged in the public space. Numerous terms and ideas related to this concept have been enjoying life of…
OSW Studies | | Maciej Kalwasiński

From boom to bubble. The real estate crisis in China

The real estate boom has been the cornerstone of the ‘economic miracle’ that in recent decades has elevated China to the world’s second-largest economy and turned its metropolises into symbols of China’s development, global power and…
Analyses | | Andrzej Wilk, Piotr Żochowski

Extension of the EU training mission Day 992 of the war