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OSW Report | | Justyna Gotkowska

German Networks in the East German soft power in Eastern Europe Central Asia and the South Caucasus

Contact network building and political lobbying, development co-operation programmes and foreign cultural and science policy are vital for supporting the German economy – which relies heavily on exports – and for the country’s ambition to…
OSW Studies | | Maciej Falkowski

The Tribal Areas of the Caucasus The North Caucasus – an enclave of alien civilisation within the Russian Federation

Militant Islam is the greatest threat to stability in the North Caucasus. However, it is merely a symptom of a much wider process, namely the widening civilisational gap between Russia and the North Caucasus. As a result, the North…
OSW Report | | Katarzyna Pełczyńska-Nałęcz

How far do the borders of the West extend RussianPolish strategic conflicts in the period 1990-2010

Contrary to the widely-held belief, Polish-Russian conflicts do not stem from genetic Russophobia on the part of Poland, or irrational prejudice on the part of Russia. Their substance is real and concerns strategic issues.
OSW Report | | Agata Dubas, Jadwiga Rogoża, Iwona Wiśniewska

Russia In Crisis Year One

The financial reserves accumulated in times of prosperity (more than US$162 billion in the stabilisation funds and nearly US$598 billion in the currency and gold reserve) alleviated the negative impact of the crisis, although this failed…