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Point of View | | Marcin Kaczmarski

Silk globalisation Chinas vision of international order

The New Silk Road is China’s main foreign policy project, devised under Xi Jinping. Beijng is striving to build up durable influence in the states in its neighbourhood. At the same time, China’s view of the international order is…
Point of View | | Wojciech Konończuk

Keystone of the system Old and new oligarchs in Ukraine

More than two years after the Maidan revolution, it is fully justified to say that the oligarchic system remains a key mechanism in Ukraine’s political and economic life. The oligarchs have been able to hold on to their influence…
Point of View | | Aleksandra Jarosiewicz

Perestroika – the Nazarbayev way Crisis and reforms in Kazakhstan

Governed by an authoritarian regime Kazakhstan has been making efforts to modernise and has been searching for new development models free of Soviet legacy.
Point of View | | Maciej Falkowski

Georgian drift The crisis of Georgias way westwards

For several years Georgia has been experiencing processes which may be interpreted as symptoms of a deepening social and political crisis.
Point of View | | Jolanta Darczewska, Piotr Żochowski

Russophobia in the Kremlins strategy A weapon of mass destruction

Building up an image of Russophobic countries is currently instrumental in shaping a neo-imperial political identity among the Russians.
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Late Putin The end of growth the end of stability

After 15 years of Putin’s rule, Russia’s economic model based on revenue from energy resources has exhausted its potential.
Point of View | | Maciej Falkowski

Ramzanistan Russias Chechen Problem

A change of government in the Kremlin, would mean the fall of Kadyrov’s regime, and the reactivation of pro-independence rhetoric in Chechnya.
Point of View | | Aleksandra Jarosiewicz

The Southern Gas Corridor The Azerbaijani-Turkish project becomes part of the game between Russia and the EU

The crisis in EU-Russia relations over Ukraine has made the two players interested in the Southern Gas Corridor once again.
Point of View | | Krzysztof Strachota

The Middle East in the shadow of the Islamic State

The world is fascinated with the phenomenon of Islamic State, failing to notice that the whole region is going through a crisis.
Point of View | | Marek Matusiak

The great leap Turkey under Erdogan

Since 2002 Turkey has seen a replacement of the state’s elites, a real change of the political system and a redefinition of the state identity.