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OSW Commentary | | Krzysztof Strachota

Iran in crisis the landscape after the Twelve-Day War

The so-called Twelve-Day War between Israel and Iran in June 2025 marked the culmination of a decades-long international crisis surrounding Iran. The conflict significantly weakened the Iranian state but failed to resolve the core issue:…
OSW Commentary | | Wojciech Górecki

The three special cases demographic processes in the South Caucasus

Over the past 35 years, the population of the South Caucasus has increased from approximately 15.7 million to around 17.2 million.[1]This growth is entirely attributable to Azerbaijan, where a relatively high fertility rate persisted until…
OSW Commentary | | Zuzanna Krzyżanowska

Long live youth Demography of Central Asian states

Since the break-up of the USSR, Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan) has been characterised by high fertility rates and significant population growth – nearly 30 million over the past 35 years.…
OSW Commentary | | Miłosz Bartosiewicz

Poisoned gifts humanitarian and development aid in Russias foreign policy

As the strategic rivalry between Russia and the Western world has intensified, Moscow has increasingly instrumentalised the humanitarian aid it provides in response to crises and disasters as well as its official development assistance (…