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OSW Commentary | | Robert Pszczel
Ukraine’s defensive war is a struggle for high stakes: the existence of the Ukrainian state and the security of the entire Western world. The upcoming NATO summit in Washington, like the previous one in Vilnius, will not bring any…
Analyses | | Kamil Kłysiński
On 27 June, Alyaksandr Lukashenka announced a number of appointments to important government positions. The key post of Head of the Presidential Administration went to the Belarusian ambassador to Moscow, Dzmitry Krutoi, who has previously…
Analyses | | Krzysztof Nieczypor
On 25 June, the first Intergovernmental Conference (IGC) was held at ministerial level to formally launch the EU’s accession negotiations with Ukraine. This was possible after the Council of the EU on 21 June agreed on the General EU…
Analyses | | Marcin Jędrysiak
On 25 June, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg unanimously ruled that during the period between February 2014 and August 2015, in occupied Crimea, Russia had violated numerous articles of the European Convention for…
Analyses | | Sławomir Matuszak, Marcin Jędrysiak
20 June saw another combined rocket and UAV strike on energy infrastructure facilities. Since March 2024, when Russia resumed its massive shelling campaigns, Ukraine has lost around half of its installed capacity, resulting in power…
Analyses | | Jacek Tarociński
On 21 June, the Norwegian parliament adopted an amendment to the 2024 budget law, which increases defence funding from 91 to 104 billion Norwegian kroner (€9.14 billion). This will enable Norway to reach its defence spending target of 2%…
Analyses | | Witold Rodkiewicz
On 20 June, Vladimir Putin paid an official visit to Vietnam, where he met the country’s top politicians, including the president, the prime minister, the general secretary of the ruling Communist Party of Vietnam and the speaker of the…
OSW Commentary | | Jakub Graca, Justyna Gotkowska
NATO is in the process of adjusting its nuclear deterrence in response to the modernisation of Russia’s nuclear capabilities, the deployment of Russian tactical nuclear weapons near NATO’s borders, and the Kremlin’s increasingly aggressive…
OSW Commentary | | Marek Menkiszak
Over the past few weeks, the political leadership of the Russian Federation (RF) has issued a series of statements and undertaken actions primarily aimed at Ukraine and the Western countries supporting it. These statements and actions can…