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Analyses | | Krzysztof Nieczypor, Jacek Tarociński, Piotr Żochowski

Slowdown in Russias advances on the front Day 1469 of the war

Analyses | | Łukasz Maślanka

The E3 and the EU in response to the attack on Iran reluctantly aligned with the US

Europe’s largest countries have declined to join the initial phase of the US-Israeli strikes against Iran. However, they have condemned the Islamic Republic’s disproportionate and ‘indiscriminate’ retaliatory campaign targeting countries…
Analyses | | Łukasz Maślanka

Sovereign yet forward-oriented towards Europe the evolution of Frances nuclear deterrence doctrine

In a speech delivered on 2 March at the strategic submarine base on Île Longue in Brittany, President Emmanuel Macron announced the launch of a transformation of France’s nuclear doctrine towards “forward deterrence” (dissuasion avancée)…
Analyses | | Karol Wasilewski

Turkey and nuclear weapons playing a game of strategic ambiguity

In media appearances this February, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has suggested that international developments could prompt Turkey to acquire nuclear weapons. Ankara is concerned about the prospect of a nuclear arms race in the Middle East…
Analyses | | OSW team

US and Israeli strikes on Iran an attempt to engineer regime change

On 28 February, the armed forces of the United States and Israel launched a large-scale campaign of air strikes against Iran, codenamed Operation Epic Fury by the Pentagon and Lion’s Roar by the Israel Defense Forces. Its stated objective…
Analyses | | Jan Nowinowski

Protests in Serbia the government and its opponents close ranks

Since the beginning of 2026, attempts have intensified to remobilise the Serbian student movement – the driving force behind the mass demonstrations that erupted following the construction disaster at the Novi Sad railway station on 1…
Analyses | | Lidia Gibadło, Aleksandra Kozaczyńska, Paulina Uznańska

Assertiveness in retreat Merz visits China

On 25–26 February, Friedrich Merz (CDU) visited China for the first time in his capacity as Chancellor. During a joint press statement with Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and the leader of the People’s…
Analyses | | Justyna Gotkowska

Sweden and the erosion of the nuclear taboo

Since the beginning of January this year, a debate on nuclear deterrence has been under way in Sweden.
Analyses | | Lidia Gibadło, Justyna Gotkowska

Germany and nuclear deterrence dialogue with France while preserving US guarantees

In an article published on 13 February in the bimonthly Foreign Affairs and in remarks delivered during the Munich Security Conference, Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU) confirmed that Germany and France have been engaged in talks on nuclear…
Analyses | | Joanna Hyndle-Hussein

Lithuania towards the normalisation of relations with China

On 19 February, the President of Lithuania, Gitanas Nausėda, held consultations with government representatives concerning the normalisation of relations with China. A serious crisis in bilateral relations arose in 2021, following the…