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Analyses |
| Kamil Frymark
On 16th June Germany launched the Corona-Warn-App which allows the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic to be tracked by registering contacts between users. The application is equipped with a function to assess the degree of the risk of…
OSW Commentary |
| Marek Matusiak
In Israel as in other countries, when the COVID-19 epidemic surfaced it exacerbated the existing divisions and tensions in society. A group that came under severe attack from the public was the Jewish Ultraorthodox population (the Haredi).
Analyses |
| Maria Domańska
On 18 June, the American conservative magazine The National Interest, which represents US intellectual circles favouring a pragmatic dialogue with Russia, published an article written by Vladimir Putin. In his long essay the Russian…
Analyses |
| Kamil Kłysiński
On 15th June Belarus’s central bank placed Belgazprombank (which is 99% owned by Russian shareholders) under temporary forced external supervision. The long-time chairman of the bank’s management board was Viktar Babaryka who is seeking to…
Analyses |
| Wojciech Górecki
On 16 June, at the request of the General Prosecutor’s Office, the Armenian parliament deprived the oligarch and leader of the opposing party Prosperous Armenia, Gagik Tsarukyan, of his immunity and agreed to his arrest. The allegations…
Analyses |
| Michał Kędzierski
The German government adopted a National Hydrogen Strategy (German: Nationale Wasserstoffstrategie) on 10 June. The document outlines the main trends, assumptions and instruments of support for the government policy for the development of…
Analyses |
| Andrzej Wilk
President Vladimir Putin’s decree of 2 June, entitled ‘On the foundations of the state policy of the Russian Federation in the field of nuclear deterrence’ has been described as a document on defence planning at the strategic level. It…
Analyses |
| Kamil Frymark
According to a report from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) published on 27 May, the number of politically motivated crimes in 2019 in Germany rose by 14.2% y/y, from around 36,000 to 41,000.…
Analyses |
| Konrad Popławski
On 27 May, the European Commission announced a recovery plan for the EU economy, the key element of which is the creation of the Next Generation EU fund, planned to amount to €750 billion. The basis for the proposal was the German-French…
OSW Commentary |
| Tadeusz Iwański, Piotr Żochowski
The change of government in Ukraine in 2019 has boosted the political position of Arsen Avakov, the longest-serving interior minister in the history of independent Ukraine (he has been in five consecutive governments since February 2014).…