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OSW Commentary | | Ilona Gizińska, Paulina Uznańska

Chinas European bridgehead Hungarys dangerous relationship with Beijing

… new investments by Chinese giants such as CATL and BYD are set to turn Hungary into a manufacturing hub … arena and continued its active involvement in both the Belt & Road Initiative and the Central European ‘14+1’ format. …
Analyses | | Jakub Ber

Ukraine belated expansion of the fortification system

… In February and March, Ukrainian state institutions started … sapper subunits will handle the task in the defensive belt of the individual operational groups, and the … forces are able to locate heavy equipment on the roads very quickly, which runs a high risk of its being …
Analyses | | Michał Bogusz, Adam Michalski

Building closer ties with China the Turkish Foreign Minister visits Beijing

… counterpart Wang Yi included political cooperation and the international situation, as well as the … transport routes such as the Middle Corridor and the Belt & Road Initiative, as well as Turkey’s potential …
Analyses | | Jakub Ber, Andrzej Wilk

The first F-16s have arrived in Ukraine Day 894 of the war

… out of the densely built-up area in Krasnohorivka and have also entered the administrative borders of … the last town under Ukrainian control in the defensive belt facing the occupied city of Donetsk that was … Russian troops have also cut the main supporting road of Ukrainian forces south-west of Donetsk (between …
Analyses | | Andrzej Wilk, Piotr Żochowski

The President of Ukraine has lowered the conscription age to 25 Day 769 of the war

… of three villages west of Avdiivka (Orlivka, Tonenke and Vodiane) and captured most of Berdychi , which lies … the line of ponds and to approach the Umanske-Netailove road, which is the Ukrainian defence’s last potential … of the Karlovsky Reservoir and the River Vovcha. Of the belt of Ukrainian positions formed north and west of …
OSW Commentary | | Sławomir Matuszak, Konrad Popławski

Running on European tracks Modernising the rail network in western Ukraine during wartime

… the railway lines leading to the EU in the short term, and to result in the local logistical hubs taking over a … the vast majority of the EU, as opposed to the 1520-mm broad-gauge railway which predominates in Russia and the … and broad-gauge track is located in the border belt, which is economically favourable to Polish …
OSW Commentary | | Marek Menkiszak

The capitulation of Ukraine and the Finlandisation of Europe Russias threats and offers

… Federation (RF) has issued a series of statements and undertaken actions primarily aimed at Ukraine and … integrity of the Russian state. These criteria are broader than those outlined in the official Russian … its policies, especially since Beijing announced its Belt and Road Initiative in 2013. Consequently, Moscow …
OSW Commentary | | Michał Bogusz

Chinas pressure on the Philippines the risk of an escalating conflict

… tensions into a full-scale confrontation between China and the US. China’s claims exceed merely establishing … significant infrastructural projects under the Belt and Road Initiative. The two sides later discussed joint …
OSW Commentary | | Marcin Popławski

Crisis as an opportunity A new stage in EU-Central Asia relations

… Asia (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan). Over the last two years, it has become … China and Russia there. The strategy defined three broad areas of the EU’s interest: resilience (promoting … the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route at the Belt and Road Forum in October 2023. For Russia, the new …