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OSW Report | | Agata Łoskot-Strachota

Energy policy in times of war and transition. Priorities of the Central and Eastern European countries and Germany

Since the outbreak of Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine, the effective implementation of three key energy policy objectives has gained importance: ensuring energy security alongside the EU’s ambitious climate agenda, maintaining…
Point of View | | Łukasz Maślanka

The patchwork defence union. Shifts in the EU’s security policy following the Russian invasion of Ukraine

Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 provided an impulse for the development of EU security and defence policy initiatives. Member states provided significant military assistance to Kyiv, making innovative use of Common…
OSW Report | | Marek Menkiszak

Winning the war with Russia is still possible. The West’s counter-strategy towards Moscow

Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine aims to subjugate or destroy Ukraine, overturn the current political and security order in Europe, and fundamentally revise the global order. The conflict is systemic in nature and will continue as…
Analyses | | Maria Domańska, Piotr Żochowski, Witold Rodkiewicz

Major East–West prisoner exchange

On 1 August, Ankara witnessed the largest prisoner exchange between the US and Russia since the Cold War. The exchange also involved Belarus, Germany, Poland, Norway, and Slovenia.
Analyses | | Jakub Groszkowski

Central Europe in the European Parliament elections

The elections to the European Parliament have weakened the Christian Democrats (EPP) and Social Democrats (S&D) in Central Europe; but although they have won fewer seats than five years ago, they still have an advantage over the other…
Analyses | | Jakub Jakóbowski, Mateusz Seroka

The Dubrovnik summit the Europeanisation and enlargement of the 16+1 format

On 11th-12th April the eight 16+1 summit was held in Dubrovnik in Croatia; this format brings together the prime ministers of Central and Eastern European countries (CEE) and China. A co-operation plan for a further year was adopted at the…
Analyses | | Tomasz Dąborowski

Bucharest the prime ministers of China and the countries of Central and South-Eastern Europe meet

So far the intensification of political contacts has not been accompanied by the dynamic influx of Chinese investment which the region’s governments expected.
Analyses | | Joanna Hyndle-Hussein

Decommissioning of nuclear power plants a growing problem for the EU

On 8 February, the European Court of Auditors published an audit report on the shut down nuclear power plants in Bulgaria (Kozloduy), Lithuania (Ignalina) and Slovakia (Bohunice). It revealed a significant delay in the EU-funded process…
Analyses |

Romania Bulgaria and Greece joined the Via Carpatia project

At an international conference in Lancut held on 22 October, Romania, Bulgaria and Greece joined the project for the Via Carpatia land transit route, which will lead from Lithuania through Poland, Slovakia and Hungary, and further south…
Analyses |

Nine EU countries call for change in public debt calculation in the EU

At the beginning of August on the initiative of Poland, nine EU countries proposed a change in the EU methodology of public debt calculation. The new method is intended to make a distinction between a public debt and pension system…