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Analyses | | Marcin Jędrysiak

Operation Midas the largest corruption scandal within Zelenskys inner circle

On 10 November, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and the Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAP) announced the uncovering of a corruption scandal in the energy sector. As part of the 15-month-long…
Analyses | | Andrzej Wilk, Piotr Żochowski

A painful blow to Ukraines heating system Day 1358 of the war

Analyses | | Daria Zielińska

Pragmatism beyond divides Central Asias engagement with Afghanistan

Since 2022, the Central Asian states (Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan) have been reassessing their policies towards Afghanistan. They no longer regard it primarily as a threat to regional security and…
Analyses | | Kacper Sienicki

Praise from Brussels Ukraine and Moldova make progress on the path to the EU

On 4 November, the European Commission published its annual reports assessing the progress of EU candidate countries. Both Ukraine and Moldova received positive evaluations, highlighting their determination and consistency despite the…
OSW Commentary | | Agata Łoskot-Strachota, Maciej Kalwasiński

The EU in the face of Chinas growing role in global and European climate policy

At the COP30 climate summit in the Brazilian city of Belém, the European Union hopes to reaffirm the importance of efforts to reduce emissions, the effectiveness of the multilateral climate regime, and its own leadership within it. At the…
Analyses | | Bartosz Chmielewski

Latvias governing coalition is falling apart a dispute over the Istanbul Convention

On 5 November, under pressure from public opinion and the president, the Latvian Parliament (Saeima) decided to suspend further proceedings on the bill proposing Latvia’s withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention (on preventing and combating…
Analyses | | Paulina Wankiewicz-Kłoczko

Short conscription period big ambitions Croatia reinstates compulsory military service

On 24 October, the Croatian parliament (Sabor) adopted a law reinstating compulsory military service (temeljna vojna obuka) after a 17-year hiatus. From January 2026, conscription will be mandatory for men aged 19 to 29, while women will…
Analyses | | Andrzej Wilk, Piotr Żochowski

The Pokrovsk agglomeration in operational encirclement Day 1350 of the war

Analyses | | Maciej Kalwasiński

The Trump–Xi meeting A fragile truce on unclear conditions

On 30 October, the first meeting in six years between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping took place. The two leaders reached an agreement to de-escalate the trade dispute, though both sides offered differing accounts of the outcome in the…
Analyses | | Sławomir Matuszak

Kudrytskyis arrest an attempt to intimidate representatives of the state apparatus in Ukraine

On 30 October, Volodymyr Kudrytskyi, former head of Ukrenergo (the national electricity grid operator), was released from custody after posting bail. Two days earlier, he had been detained by officers of Ukraine’s State Bureau of…