OSW Centre for Eastern Studies

Vladimir Putin and General Sergei Shoigu during the parade in 2019

By armour and by fear: the Russian army on the western flank

Analyses

Analyses of current affairs

Commentaries

In-depth analyses of current affairs

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Great ambitions: Russia expands on the LNG market

Norway flag

High North, high priority – Norway and the defence of NATO’s northern flank

The cost of a police state: Belarus’s economic problems

The cost of a police state: Belarus’s economic problems

Flaga Polski

Eradicating Polishness. Lukashenka on the Polish national minority schools in Belarus

TurkStream gas pipeline

TurkStream on the diversifying south-eastern European gas market

Sputnik over Europe

Sputnik over Europe

Pratasievich kidnapped: Lukashenka's brutal game

Pratasievich kidnapped: Lukashenka's brutal game

Troops withdrawing? Russian forces still on Ukraine’s borders

Troops withdrawing? Russian forces still on Ukraine’s borders

Russian attacks in the Czech Republic: domestic context, implications, perspectives

Russian attacks in the Czech Republic: domestic context, implications, perspectives

Reports

In-depth analyses of long-term processes

Marek Menkiszak

Tell me more

Russia on Macron’s détente initiatives

Andrzej Wilk

Russia's Belarusian army

The practical aspects of Belarus and Russia's military integration

Justyna Gotkowska

Sweden’s security

The long way towards total defence

Jakub Jakóbowski, Kamil Kłysiński

The non-strategic partnership

Belarus-China relations

Michał Kędzierski, Rafał Bajczuk

The leader is gasping for breath

Germany's climate policy

Iwona Wiśniewska

Digitalisation under surveillance

The development of the 5G network in Russia

Kamil Kłysiński, Wojciech Konończuk

Opposites put together

Belarus's politics of memory

Michał Bogusz

Nine dashes

Beijing's territorial claims in the South China Sea

Andrzej Sadecki

The long shadow of the Treaty of Trianon

Hungary's struggles with the past

Reports

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