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Analyses | | Iwona Wiśniewska

Putins decree a state unable to protect the economy

On August 24, Vladimir Putin signed a decree allowing Russian authorities to impose temporary administration over critical infrastructure facilities, including those belonging to the industrial, telecommunications, housing and utilities,…
OSW Commentary | | Kamil Frymark

Anything is possible AfD sets its sights on power in Saxony-Anhalt

The elections scheduled for 6 September in Saxony-Anhalt will be crucial for Germany’s political system. For the first time in the history of the Federal Republic of Germany, the Alternative for Germany (AfD) has a real chance of taking…
Analyses | | Andrzej Wilk, Sławomir Matuszak, Jacek Tarociński

Sloviansk has become a combat zone Day 1644 of the war

Analyses | | Daria Zielińska

Parliamentary elections in Kazakhstan Tokayev consolidates power

On 23 August, Kazakhstan held early elections to its unicameral parliament, the Kurultai.
OSW Commentary | | Michał Kędzierski

Germanys new heating law rethinking the Wärmewende at the cost of slower decarbonisation

Friedrich Merz’s government has pushed through a sweeping overhaul of the so-called heating law, the central policy instrument for transforming the heating sector. Its previous version was one of the most controversial pieces of…
Analyses | | Marcin Jędrysiak

Ukraine another corruption scandal within Zelenskys inner circle

On 19 August, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) announced a special operation codenamed Forrest Gump, targeting a criminal organisation allegedly run by members of the Verkhovna Rada and officials from the Office of the…
Analyses | | Witold Rodkiewicz

Following Beijings lead the Kremlin hardens its stance towards Tokyo

In the first half of August, the Kremlin sent Tokyo a strong political signal regarding the dispute over the Southern Kuril Islands (Japan’s Northern Territories). Between 4 and 12 August, Russia’s Pacific Fleet conducted large-scale…
OSW Commentary | | Ilona Gizińska

Magyars first 100 days in office Hungarys transformation gathers pace

Péter Magyar’s first hundred days in office have marked Hungary’s most significant political shift since Fidesz came to power in 2010. A constitutional majority, combined with high levels of public trust, has allowed the new government to…
Analyses | | Andrzej Wilk, Sławomir Matuszak, Jacek Tarociński

A massive Ukrainian attack on Novorossiysk Day 1637 of the war

 
Analyses | | Andrzej Wilk

The Ukrainian-Russian battle of the flags The offensive that never was

On 12 August, President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that Ukraine had recaptured 745 km² of territory and 26 settlements in a large-scale offensive operation conducted by the Air Assault Forces together with sub-units from other formations…