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OSW Report | | Konrad Popławski, Sandra Baniak, Adam Michalski, Marcin Popławski

The Middle Corridor. A Eurasian alternative to Russia

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which has now been ongoing for almost two years, is not only leading to significant political re-evaluations, but is also bringing with it significant transformations in Eurasian transport routes. One of the…
OSW Report | | Wojciech Górecki

The Gordian knot of the Caucasus. The conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh

The conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh is the ‘mother’ of all post-Soviet conflicts. It is the oldest of them, it involves the largest number of actors (including mediators and intermediaries), and also covers the most dimensions: military,…
Point of View | | Aleksandra Jarosiewicz

Perestroika – the Nazarbayev way Crisis and reforms in Kazakhstan

Governed by an authoritarian regime Kazakhstan has been making efforts to modernise and has been searching for new development models free of Soviet legacy.
Point of View | | Maciej Falkowski

Georgian drift The crisis of Georgias way westwards

For several years Georgia has been experiencing processes which may be interpreted as symptoms of a deepening social and political crisis.
OSW Report | | Maciej Falkowski, Józef Lang

Homo Jihadicus

Islam in the former USSR and the phenomenon of the post-Soviet militants in Syria and Iraq.
Point of View | | Aleksandra Jarosiewicz

The Southern Gas Corridor The Azerbaijani-Turkish project becomes part of the game between Russia and the EU

The crisis in EU-Russia relations over Ukraine has made the two players interested in the Southern Gas Corridor once again.
OSW Report | | Józef Lang

The Radical Islamic Militants of Central Asia

Radical Islamic militants from Central Asia have ceased to be a local phenomenon. They have become a kind of ‘jihad academy’.
Point of View | | Marek Matusiak

Georgian dilemmas Between a strong state and democracy

Since its 'Rose Revolution' of 2003, Georgia has become the most spectacular example in the CIS of the export of a Western economic policy model: an example of success in building up efficient state structures, a state which was not broken…
Point of View | | Maciej Falkowski, Krzysztof Strachota

Jihad vs The New Great Game Paradoxes of militant Islamic threats in Central Asia

The real threat posed by militant Islam seems to be rather limited, and its roots lie outside Central Asia. This region is unlikely to become a key front of global jihad. Nevertheless, this does not guarantee peace and safety in Central…
Point of View | | Maciej Falkowski, Aleksandra Jarosiewicz

The Great Game around Turkmenistan

The rise of a new leader of the state of Turkmenistan – President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov, who became ruler of the central Asian state after the 21-year rule of Saparmurad Niyazov, the self-proclaimed Turkmenbashi, who died on December…