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Analyses |
| Adam Michalski
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced on 22 January that early presidential and parliamentary elections would be held on 14 May. A formal request to change the date is due to be submitted to the Supreme Election Council (YSK) on…
Analyses |
| Michał Kędzierski
Over the past twelve months, there has been a clear political rapprochement between the German and Norwegian governments, both of which took office at the end of 2021. During this period, Olaf Scholz, Germany’s chancellor, and Robert…
Analyses |
| Andrzej Wilk, Piotr Żochowski
Communiqués from the Ukrainian General Staff indicate that Russian forces are tightening their grip around Bakhmut. Enemy subunits are being held back on the north-western outskirts of the town (Krasna Hora, Paraskoviivka, Yahidne) and…
OSW Commentary |
| Katarzyna Chawryło, Iwona Wiśniewska
The mobilisation of 300,000 reservists into the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, which has been ongoing since the end of September 2022, has laid bare the chaos in the administrative apparatus and has given rise to concern among…
Analyses |
| Andrzej Wilk, Piotr Żochowski
On 19 January, on the eve of the next meeting of the contact group of countries offering militarily support to Ukraine (the so-called Ramstein group), representatives of 11 countries met in Estonia. Some of them announced new aid packages…
Analyses |
| Joanna Hyndle-Hussein
On 18 January, three Lithuanian companies, Teltonika, SoliTek and Oxipit, announced that they had launched cooperation with Taiwan on joint projects and facilitating trade. According to a press release issued by the companies and the…
Analyses |
| Marcin Popławski, Michał Bogusz, Krzysztof Strachota
On 5–6 January 2023, Turkmenistan’s president Serdar Berdimuhamedow paid a state visit to China. During his meeting with Xi Jinping, marking the 31st anniversary of the establishment of their countries’ diplomatic relations, the two…
OSW Commentary |
| Jacek Tarociński
The Russian aggression against Ukraine has highlighted the crucial role of air and missile defence in modern full-scale conflicts. A multi-layered, adequately saturated and integrated system is necessary to provide cover for troops, and…
OSW Commentary |
| Lidia Gibadło, Sebastian Płóciennik
The COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine have highlighted the differences in interests between Paris and Berlin, and caused tension to accumulate in their bilateral relations. The significance of this tension goes beyond the purely…
Analyses |
| Kamil Frymark
According to a list of the government’s bilateral assistance to Ukraine published by the Chancellor’s Office in late December (Deutsche bilaterale Unterstützungsleistungen für die Ukraine und Menschen aus der Ukraine), Germany estimates…