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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…
OSW Commentary | | Piotr Szymański

Towards greater resilience NATO and the EU on hybrid threats

In recent years, NATO and the EU have taken greater responsibility for countering hybrid threats. This group of threats covers a wide range of hostile methods used by states and non-state actors. It includes both military and non-military…
OSW Commentary | | Tadeusz Iwański, Sławomir Matuszak, Piotr Żochowski

How the COVID-19 pandemic will develop in Ukraine

According to data compiled by Ukraine’s Ministry of Health, by 27 March more than 200 cases of COVID-19 were confirmed nationwide, with five fatalities. However, there is a risk of the epidemic soon developing on a much larger scale.
OSW Commentary | | Maria Domańska

Everlasting Putin and the reform of the Russian Constitution

On 10–11 March, the State Duma passed, in the second and third reading, the constitutional amendments bill, thereby concluding the next step in the constitutional reform announced by Vladimir Putin on 15 January. The most important…
OSW Commentary | | Kamil Całus

A pseudo-multi-vector policy Moldova under the socialists

In November 2019 a new government took power in Moldova under Ion Chicu as prime minister. Formally non-partisan, the new cabinet is in fact controlled by President Igor Dodon and the pro-Russian Party of Socialists of the Republic of…
OSW Commentary | | Justyna Gotkowska

European strategic autonomy or European pillar in NATO Germanys stance on French initiatives

In February this year, at the École de Guerre in Paris and at the Munich Security Conference, France’s President Emmanuel Macron again reiterated the need to strengthen European autonomy in foreign and security policy and presented yet…