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Analyses | | Adam Michalski, Krzysztof Strachota
On 9 October, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan warned the US that the downing of a Turkish drone by US forces in Syria would not be forgotten and promised to take the “necessary action when the time comes”. A day later, he reiterated…
Analyses | | Krzysztof Strachota
Following a rapid military operation on 19–20 September, Azerbaijan smashed the forces of the internationally unrecognised Armenian Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh. This led to the de facto dismantling of the parastate’s structures, which its…
Analyses | | Krzysztof Strachota
At noon on 19 September, Azerbaijan launched a ‘local anti-terrorist operation’ against the unrecognised Nagorno-Karabakh Republic; this took the form of massive air and artillery attacks on military installations in the para-state,…
Analyses | | Krzysztof Strachota
A wide-ranging amendment to Uzbekistan’s constitution came into effect on 1 May. It was adopted on the basis of a referendum held the day before, with the support of 90.12% of voters and a turnout of 84.5%. the poll passed off peacefully,…
OSW Commentary | | Wojciech Górecki, Krzysztof Strachota
More than two years after the end of the Second Karabakh War in November 2020, the situation in the conflict area remains highly unstable. Despite declarations of a de facto solution to the problem, intensive peace talks and Armenia…
Analyses | | Krzysztof Strachota, Marcin Popławski
On 19 January 2023, Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev dissolved the lower house of parliament (the Mazhilis) and called early general elections for 19 March. According to the schedule adopted by the Central Election Committee,…
Analyses | | Marcin Popławski, Michał Bogusz, Krzysztof Strachota
On 5–6 January 2023, Turkmenistan’s president Serdar Berdimuhamedow paid a state visit to China. During his meeting with Xi Jinping, marking the 31st anniversary of the establishment of their countries’ diplomatic relations, the two…
Analyses | | Krzysztof Strachota
On 14 December, the criminal court of first instance sentenced Istanbul’s Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu to two years and seven months’ imprisonment for publicly insulting 11 members of the Turkish High Election Commission. In addition, the court…
OSW Commentary | | Miłosz Szymański, Krzysztof Strachota
In 2022, post-Soviet Central Asia experienced a number of fundamental challenges that undermine and redefine the systemic foundations of order and stability that have been in place in the region over the past decades. Some of these…
Analyses | | Krzysztof Strachota, Katarzyna Chawryło, Michał Bogusz, Marek Menkiszak
On 15–16 September, the 22nd summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO; see Appendix) was held in Samarkand, with the participation of the leaders of its member states – China, Russia, India, Pakistan and all Central Asian…