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OSW Commentary | | Jakub Ber

From Popasna to Bakhmut The Wagner Group in the Russia-Ukraine War

The Russian mercenary organisation known as the Wagner Group was not engaged in the fighting in Ukraine until April 2022, when it turned out that the regular army was unable to break through their opponents’ defences in the Donbas. In May…
OSW Commentary | | Michał Kędzierski

At all costs Germany shifts to LNG

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and the resulting collapse of the concept of an energy alliance between Berlin and Moscow, have become the catalysts for Germany to change its approach to building LNG import infrastructure. In order to become…
OSW Commentary | | Sebastian Płóciennik, Lidia Gibadło

A key state India is gaining significance as a political and economic partner for Germany

Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s visit to India in February this year was unlike his other foreign trips. This visit was important not only politically but also economically: the German chancellor was accompanied by managers of companies such as…
OSW Commentary | | Jadwiga Rogoża

Ukraine a decisive blow to the Moscow Patriarchate

29 March 2023 marked the deadline for representatives of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP) to leave the Pechersk Lavra monastery complex in Kyiv, which they had been leasing. On 10 March the Ministry of…
OSW Commentary | | OSW team

The EU increases its agri-food imports from Ukraine causes and reactions from Central European states

31 March 2023 saw the publication of a joint letter by the prime ministers of Poland, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia, and the president of Bulgaria, to the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen on the measures they…
OSW Commentary | | Witold Rodkiewicz

An anti-colonial alliance with the Global South The new Foreign Policy Concept of the Russian Federation

On 31 March, President Vladimir Putin signed the new ‘Foreign Policy Concept of the Russian Federation’. This is the fifth version of the document adopted by the Russian Federation, and the fourth under his rule (the previous ones were…
OSW Commentary | | Karolina Zielińska

Israel and the Arab states between conflict and interdependence

In late 2020 and early 2021, Israel established official diplomatic relations with the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain (the Abraham Accords), renewed its relations with Morocco, and took steps towards establishing relations with Sudan, in…
OSW Commentary | | Konrad Popławski

Can the global battle for electromobility pose a threat to Central Europe

The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) adopted in 2022 marks a profound change in the US’s approach to its economic competition with China. This will have global consequences, and will also come to affect Central Europe. Since this document was…
OSW Commentary | | Iwona Wiśniewska

The silence of the lambs Russian big business in wartime

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the sanctions that followed it have brought multi-billion losses to Russian big business. The magnitude of blows dealt to its main representatives has resulted in a shift in the business model they have…
OSW Commentary | | Michał Bogusz, Witold Rodkiewicz

Games between allies Xi Jinpings visit to Moscow

The official visit by Xi Jinping, the Chairman of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) to Moscow on 21–23 March was a demonstration of his country’s continued support for Russia in its conflict with the West. It also served as confirmation…