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Analyses | | Andrzej Wilk, Piotr Żochowski

Russia threatens to use tactical nuclear weapons Day 803 of the war

OSW Commentary | | Michał Kędzierski

Germanys port strategy a disappointing response to the crisis

Germany’s seaports are facing a crisis. Their freight traffic volumes have been decreasing for years, and last year they dropped to levels not seen in two decades.
Analyses | | Filip Rudnik, Iwona Wiśniewska

The US is hitting Russia with further sanctions

On 1 May, the United States expanded its sanctions against Russia on another 29 individuals and 250 entities incorporated in the Russian Federation and third countries. The items targeted include:
Analyses | | Michał Kędzierski

Germany waters down its climate protection law

On 26 April, the Bundestag passed an amendment to the Climate Change Act (German: Klimaschutzgesetz), which sets out the objectives and mechanisms of Germany’s climate policy; the ruling SPD-Green-FDP coalition voted in favour of it.…
Analyses | | Andrzej Wilk, Piotr Żochowski

Ukraines defences are weakening Day 796 of the war

Analyses | | Łukasz Maślanka

President Macron proposes a European defence initiative

In a speech at the Sorbonne on 25 April, President Emmanuel Macron called on France’s European allies to develop a credible strategic concept over the coming months for defending the continent based on their own capabilities. These moves…
OSW Commentary | | Kamil Całus

A shift further to the right Radical parties are gaining popularity in Romania

Over the past year or so, Romania has seen a rapid increase in the popularity of radical and Eurosceptic right-wing parties which are unwilling to provide military or financial support to Ukraine and sometimes openly advocate for…
Analyses | | Michał Kędzierski

Germany the Hydrogen Core Network Financing Act

On 26 April, the Bundesrat approved the amendment to the Energy Industry Act (Energiewirtschaftsgesetz), which the Bundestag had adopted two weeks earlier. The main part of this amendment was the regulation for financing the establishment…
Analyses | | Kamil Kłysiński

The propagandist congress of Lukashenkas supporters putting the formal finishing touches to the new system

On 24–25 April, the All-Belarusian People’s Assembly (ABPA) convened in Minsk for its seventh congress since the establishment of the independent Republic of Belarus, and the first since the ABPA was given the status of a constitutional…
OSW Commentary | | Marcin Popławski

Crisis as an opportunity A new stage in EU-Central Asia relations

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has changed the European Union’s approach to Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan). Over the last two years, it has become more important for the EU to maintain this…