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New government of Ukraine

OSW Briefing

The formation of a government that will closely co-operate with the president and will be forced to assume full responsibility for the situation in the country (including the 2010 budget, of which no draft suitable for adoption has been prepared yet) is the best news that has come from Ukraine in recent months. more »

Yanukovych balances between Brussels and Moscow

EASTWEEK

2010-03-10 | Sławomir Matuszak

Yanukovych's objective is to resume the so-called multi-vector policy (which is in fact a bidirectional policy), which Ukraine pursued under Leonid Kuchma, and which consists in balancing the influences of Russia and the West and profiting from both. more »

Germany fights to secure positions in the EU

CeWeekly

2010-03-10 | Krzysztof Rutkowski

Germany is interested in enhancing its impact on the establishment of the foundations of an EU diplomacy, with a particular focus on its personnel. This constitutes an element of policy that is a priority for Germany and that aims at increasing the presence of Germans in EU institutions. more »

Managers instead of governor-generals? Moscow’s new tactics in the North Caucasus

OSW Commentary

2010-03-03 | Wojciech Górecki

It can be concluded from statements made by President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin that the essence of the new tactics will be to develop the Caucasus economically, and to give top priority to such regional socio-economic problems as poverty, unemployment and corruption. more »

Nord and South Stream won't save Gazprom

OSW Commentary

2010-01-28 | Ewa Paszyc

The construction of the pipelines is not likely to increase the volumes of gas exported to Europe, as demand for gas is not expected to rise significantly. The gas sales forecast in Europe is not optimistic for Russia; moreover, the price of Russian gas is not competitive on the European market at the moment.  more »

An ambivalent ‘independence’. Abkhazia, an unrecognised democracy under Russian protection

OSW Commentary

2010-01-20 | Wojciech Górecki

Abkhazia – a state unrecognised by the international community and dependent on Russia – has features of a democracy, including political pluralism. This is manifested through regularly held elections, which are a time of genuine competition between candidates, and through a wide range of media, including the pro-opposition private TV station Abaza.  more »

Studies

Jihad vs. The New Great Game. Paradoxes of militant Islamic threats in Central Asia

Policy briefs

2010-01-27 | Krzysztof Strachota and Maciej Falkowski

The real threat posed by militant Islam seems to be rather limited, and its roots lie outside Central Asia. This region is unlikely to become a key front of global jihad. Nevertheless, this does not guarantee peace and safety in Central Asia, as the Islamic threat remains an element of the geopolitical rivalry in the region – the ‘New Great Game’. more »

Russia In Crisis: Year One

OSW Report

2010-01-27 | Iwona Wiśniewska, Agata Dubas, and Jadwiga Rogoża

The financial reserves accumulated in times of prosperity (more than US$162 billion in the stabilisation funds and nearly US$598 billion in the currency and gold reserve) alleviated the negative impact of the crisis, although this failed to prevent the deep declines in macroeconomic indicators. more »

Russia’s revisionist policy towards the West

OSW Studies

2009-12-20 | Marcin Kaczmarski

Russia’s actions so far have led to a kind of deadlock. Moscow has managed to stop NATO enlargement into the CIS area, persuade the USA not to deploy the missile shield in Poland and the Czech Republic, and avoid major consequences after the war with Georgia; nevertheless, the full implementation of its objectives remains unlikely. more »

FROM ‘VIRTUAL’ TO EUROPEAN DEMOCRACY – the origins and consequences of the political breakthrough in Moldova

OSW Studies

2009-12-15 | Witold Rodkiewicz

The fraudulent parliamentary elections in April 2009, the violent demonstrations held by the opposition in Chisinau and the government’s brutal reaction, as well as the deadlock over the election of the president, revealed a systemic crisis of the Moldovan statehood. more »

The Revolution that never was. Five years of 'Orange' Ukraine

Policy briefs

2009-11-30 | Adam Eberhardt

On the fifth anniversary of the Orange Revolution and in the final period of the presidency of Viktor Yushchenko, who then embodied the hopes for state reform, a tentative assessment of the situation in Ukraine is appropriate. Did the revolutionary social upheaval bear revolutionary fruit? Have democratic mechanisms strengthened? more »

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