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OSW Studies | | Witold Rodkiewicz

Russias Middle Eastern policy. Regional ambitions, global objectives

Russia’s policy in the Middle East is part of a broader strategy aimed at creating an international order in which Russia would be protected against Western interference in its internal affairs and stand on an equal footing with the United…
Point of View | | Jolanta Darczewska

Putins Cossacks. Folklore, business or politics?

Russia’s Cossacks evoke extreme opinions among observers: some see them as a marginal social phenomenon, a kind of political folklore; others as a morally and physically healthy part of the nation, a pillar of the modern paramilitary…
OSW Commentary | | Maria Domańska

The Kremlins regional policy – a year of dismissing governors

2017 has seen a wave of dismissals of the heads of Russia’s regions – the largest in the past five years. This is linked primarily to the preparations for the presidential election.
OSW Commentary | | Maria Domańska

Putin for the fourth time No vision no hope

On 6 December Vladimir Putin announced that he will run in the presidential election to be held  on 18 March 2018.
OSW Commentary | | Szymon Kardaś, Iwona Wiśniewska

The Ulyukaev case – tension inside the Russian elite

Much seems to indicate that the Ulyukaev case is an element of the rivalry of opposing groups of interest inside the Russian ruling elite.
OSW Studies | | Tadeusz A Olszański

A quarter-century of independent Ukraine. Dimensions of transformation

On 24 August 1991, the Supreme Council of the Ukrainian SSR proclaimed independence, and on 1 December the same year, the Ukrainian people ratified that proclamation in a referendum. The new Ukrainian state had some very important assets,…
OSW Commentary | | Artur Ciechanowicz

Predictability lost the German political scene after the elections

Both in Germany and abroad, the commentary on the recent elections in Germany has been dominated by the analysis of the results scored by AfD.
OSW Studies | | Rafał Bajczuk

The unfinished reform. An assessment of the energy transformation in Germany

In its time in power, which is shortly to end, the CDU/CSU-SPD coalition introduced key legislative changes enabling a further transformation of the energy sector.  
Point of View | | Maria Domańska

Conflict-dependent Russia. The domestic determinants of the Kremlin's anti-Western policy

The Kremlin’s foreign policy is subordinate above all to the domestic political aims of the ruling elite.
OSW Commentary | | Piotr Rudkouski

Soft Belarusianisation The ideology of Belarus in the era of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict

Over the past three years, a distinct change has become visible in the ideological discourse of the government of Belarus.