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OSW Studies | | Kamil Kłysiński, Agata Wierzbowska-Miazga

Changes in the political elite economy and society of Belarus Appearances and reality

In late 2006 and early 2007, relations between Russia and Belarus were hit by the most serious crisis in many years. In a setting of heightened tension, the Belarusian authorities decided to gradually modify their economic policy and…
OSW Studies | | Agata Dubas

THE MENACE OF A BROWN RUSSIA Ethnically motivated xenophobia - symptoms causes and prospects for the future

In late August and early September 2006, Kondopoga, a town of 40,000 inhabitants in Russia's Republic of Karelia, became the scene of ethnic riots. The pretext for the outbreak was one specific incident - a fight in a café between the…
OSW Studies | | Wojciech Konończuk

DIFFICULT ALLY Belarus in Russias foreign policy

Belarus holds a special position in Russian policy due to its geopolitical, military and transit significance. Russia's influence and position in the entire Eastern European region largely depend on how strong Russian influence in Belarus…
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…
Point of View | | Marcin Kaczmarski

An Asian alternative Russias chances of making Asia an alternative to relations with the West

Under Vladimir Putin's rule, Russia consistently and systematically expanded its activity in Asia, establishing closer political contacts with key countries in the region, rebuilding relations with former allies…
Point of View | | Wojciech Bartuzi, Krzysztof Strachota

Reintegration or Reconquest Georgias policy towards Abkhazia and South Ossetia in the context of the internal and international situation

The conflicts in Abkhazia and South Ossetia have been Georgia's main security problem since the beginning of the 1990s, and, along with the Armenian-Azeri conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh, have made up the main security problems in the South…
OSW Studies | | Marcin Kaczmarski, Wojciech Stanisławski, Adam Balcer

Kosovo before the final decision Regulating Kosovos international status - historical  political conditions and prospects for future developments

The question of Kosovo's status is currently one of the most important issues in international politics. Since 1999, Kosovo has been an international protectorate which was created in the aftermath of the NATO intervention to stop the…
OSW Studies | | Wojciech Konończuk

The failure of integration The CIS and other international organisations in the post-Soviet area 1991-2006

Institutional integration processes in the post-Soviet area have ended in failure. It proved impossible to transform the Commonwealth of Independent States into an instrument of real co-operation, even though Russia, which was the most…
Point of View | | Iwona Wiśniewska

The invisible hand of the Kremlin Capitalism a la russe

This study describes the two main economic processes observed in Russia during President Vladimir Putin's second term; renationalisation, and the concentration of economic assets.
Point of View | | Maciej Falkowski

Chechnya Between a Caucasian Jihad and hidden separatism

1. Even though Chechnya remains the most unstable republic in the Russian North Caucasus, the open armed conflict known as the Second Chechen War, which broke out in the autumn of 1999, is gradually dying down.…