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OSW Commentary | | Jadwiga Rogoża, Katarzyna Chawryło, Piotr Żochowski

A friend in need Russia on the protests in Belarus

Due to the dynamic and surprising development of events in Belarus, Russia’s previous tactic –weakening Alyaksandr Lukashenka’s position in order to force further integration with Russia – has had to change.
OSW Commentary | | Justyna Gotkowska

USA – Germany – NATOs eastern flank Transformation of the US military presence in Europe

At the end of July, US Defence Secretary Mark Esper announced plans to withdraw approximately 12 000 US troops from Germany. Reactions in Berlin were varied. The main narrative is that of Germany being penalised and transatlantic ties…
OSW Commentary | | Karolina Zielińska

The grand coalition government in Israel New faces of the political crisis

After three rounds of early parliamentary elections in Israel, in May 2020 a grand coalition government was sworn in. The parties that make it up belong to a block of conservative and religious groups centred on the Likud bloc of Prime…
OSW Commentary | | Jadwiga Rogoża, Iwona Wiśniewska

The environmental disaster in the Arctic Moscows neo-colonial exploitation of Russias regions

The end of May 2020 saw the biggest known environmental disaster in the Russian Arctic. The thermal power plant in Norilsk in Krasnoyarsk Krai, controlled by the Norilsk Nickel company, contaminated soil and water with more than 21,000…
OSW Commentary | | Szymon Kardaś

Russias hydrogen strategy a work in progress

In recent years, numerous countries have adopted their national hydrogen strategies and begun to implement them. In July 2020, the European Union also adopted its strategic document in this field. Although the actions described in the…
OSW Commentary | | Sławomir Matuszak

The act on the land market – a key step towards the development of Ukrainian agriculture

On 28 April, President Volodymyr Zelensky signed the Act on introducing an agricultural land market in Ukraine. The document envisages that the moratorium on the sale of agricultural land will be partially lifted on 1 July 2021 and…
OSW Commentary | | Marek Matusiak

Ultraorthodox Jews in Israel – epidemic as a measure of challenges

In Israel as in other countries, when the COVID-19 epidemic surfaced it exacerbated the existing divisions and tensions in society. A group that came under severe attack from the public was the Jewish Ultraorthodox population (the Haredi).
OSW Commentary | | Tadeusz Iwański, Piotr Żochowski

A pillar of the system The political phenomenon of Arsen Avakov

The change of government in Ukraine in 2019 has boosted the political position of Arsen Avakov, the longest-serving interior minister in the history of independent Ukraine (he has been in five consecutive governments since February 2014).…
OSW Commentary | | Tadeusz Iwański, Sławomir Matuszak, Krzysztof Nieczypor, Piotr Żochowski

Neither a miracle nor a disaster – President Zelenskys first year in office

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

The Autumn of the Georgian Patriarch The role of the Orthodox Church in Georgia and in Georgian politics

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…