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Analyses |
| Wojciech Górecki
On 15 May, the president of Georgia, Salome Zourabichvili, pardoned two opposition politicians: Giorgi (Gigi) Ugulava and Irakli Okruashvili. Ugulava was a close aide of the former president Mikheil Saakashvili and served as mayor of…
OSW Commentary |
| Tadeusz Iwański, Sławomir Matuszak, Krzysztof Nieczypor, Piotr Żochowski
20th May marked the end of Volodymyr Zelensky first year as President of Ukraine. Thanks to the clear victory of his Servant of the People party in the snap parliamentary election held in July 2019 and the establishment of the government…
OSW Commentary |
| Wojciech Górecki
Analyses dedicated to Georgia’s domestic situation usually omit the religious aspect and the relation between the state and the country’s predominant religious organisation, i.e. the autocephalous Georgian Orthodox Church (GOC). The…
Point of View |
| Konrad Popławski
The German automotive sector’s strong global position is one of the country’s greatest economic success stories. In 2018, two out of the three top global automakers achieving the highest sales volumes originated from Germany, and 80% of…
Analyses |
| Marek Matusiak
A new government was sworn in on 17 May in Israel. It will be led by Benjamin Netanyahu—for the fifth time. The government has been formed by right-wing and centrist blocs led by Netanyahu and the former Chief of General Staff Benny Gantz…
Analyses |
| Ryszarda Formuszewicz, Szymon Kardaś
On May 15, Germany’s Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) rejected the Nord Stream 2 company’s request to grant the Nord Stream 2 pipeline derogations from the EU’s gas directive. The agency did not share the economic and functional…
Point of View |
| Jolanta Darczewska
Rosgvardiya is the largest internal security structure in Russia. It has been assigned independent functions (policing and intervention, critical infrastructure security, oversight of security contractors and private gun owners), and…
Analyses |
| Justyna Gotkowska
Since the beginning of May there has been a heated debate in Germany about the country’s participation in NATO’s nuclear sharing program. The discussion began following an interview that Rolf Mützenich, the chairman of the SPD…
Analyses |
| Ryszarda Formuszewicz
Germanys Federal Constitutional Court opposes the ECB and the Court of Justice of the European Union
On 5 May, Germany’s Federal Constitutional Court (BVerfG) ruled that the Public Sector Purchase Programme (PSPP) run by the European Central Bank (ECB) is in partial violation of the German constitution and EU law. In this respect, the…
OSW Report |
| Wojciech Konończuk
As a result of the changes of borders in the 20th century, a large proportion of Poland’s cultural heritage found itself on the territory of present-day Belarus and Ukraine. Over the centuries, many cultural goods were created on the…