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OSW Commentary |
| Marek Matusiak
A new Israeli government was sworn in on 29 December 2022, as Benjamin Netanyahu took the helm as prime minister for the sixth time in his career, after a year and a half in opposition. Negotiations on forming a government coalition had…
OSW Commentary |
| Sławomir Matuszak
Ukraine’s power plants and electricity grid have been subjected to regular, massive shelling campaigns using ballistic missiles and kamikaze drones for the past three months. Although they have not so far brought about a permanent…
Analyses |
| Wojciech Górecki
On 17 January, the authorities of the unrecognised Nagorno-Karabakh Republic began issuing ration coupons for certain food products, including rice, porridge and sugar. The rationing is related to growing difficulties in supplying the…
Analyses |
| Kamil Frymark, Justyna Gotkowska
On 17 January, Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced he was appointing Boris Pistorius (SPD), previously Lower Saxony’s interior minister, as Germany’s new defence minister. The day before, the defence ministry issued a statement by the…
Analyses |
| Krzysztof Dębiec
General Petr Pavel won the first round of the Czech presidential election held on 13–14 January 2023 (he garnered 35.4% of the votes cast). His lead was highest in Prague, the surrounding Central Bohemian Region and in polling stations…
Analyses |
| Andrzej Wilk, Piotr Żochowski
On 14 January, Russia carried out its twelfth missile attack on the enemy’s energy infrastructure, according to the national power company Ukrenerho. Missiles fell on Kharkiv, Khmelnitsky, Dnipro, Kyiv, Kryvyi Rih, Odesa and Vinnytsia,…
Analyses |
| Michał Bogusz
On 8 January, the quarantine requirement for people arriving in the People’s Republic of China (PRC), introduced in March 2020, was lifted. The decision is part of an abrupt U-turn on the ‘zero COVID’ strategy that began late last year. On…
Analyses |
| Jakub Ber, Piotr Żochowski
Over the past two days, the Russian offensive in and around Soledar has slowed down. The Ukrainian army is still defending itself in localities east of the Bakhmutka river, from the northern suburbs of Bakhmut through Krasna Hora, the…
OSW Commentary |
| Michał Kędzierski
Due to Russia’s aggression against Ukraine and the mounting energy and gas crisis in Europe, 2022 saw a spell of permanent crisis management in the German energy sector, in particular gas. The structure of Germany’s imports has changed…
Analyses |
| Iwona Wiśniewska
At the end of December, Gazprom summed up the company’s preliminary results for 2022. According to the information provided, the company produced over 20% less gas last year than in 2021, that is, 412.6 bcm compared to 514.8 bcm, with…