The collective economy is ineffective | OSW Centre for Eastern …
Nov 7, 2024 · When compared to other sectors of the Belarusian economy, agriculture is most affected by the country’s Soviet heritage. Since Belarus regained independence, large state-owned farms operating on the basis of the former sovkhozes and kolkhozes have invariably dominated the agricultural sector. Belarus’s agricultural model has effectively been petrified by numerous legal restrictions ...
Pivot to the east | OSW Centre for Eastern Studies
Nov 6, 2024 · As a result of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, which has been ongoing since 2014, and the ensuing Western sanctions, Russia has reoriented its foreign trade towards the East. This is a permanent shift which stems from Russia’s security objectives. Therefore, the Kremlin aims to further reduce Russia’s dependence on economic ties with Europe and to intensify cooperation with Asian ...
The Gordian knot of mobilisation: Ukraine balancing the needs of …
Nov 20, 2024 · The increasing number of men who have been granted deferment from military service in recent months and the problems in the implementation of mobilisation plans have urged the Ukrainian authorities to carry out an audit of companies deemed strategically important for national defence. The decision to revise the list of these companies is aimed at reducing the scale of abuse of employee ...
25 years of Poland in NATO: personal reflections on the Polish …
Mar 8, 2024 · On 12 March 1999, after years of active diplomatic lobbying, Poland joined the ranks of NATO, the transatlantic club renowned for its unique collective defence guarantees. This process yielded success relatively quickly, even though the outcome was not a foregone conclusion, given the variety of internal and external challenges that Poland faced at that time.
Russia hits transports to Odesa. Day 964 of the war
Oct 15, 2024 · Russian forces continued to operate across a broad frontline in the southern part of the Donetsk Oblast. They are pressing towards Bohoyavlenka, which is supplying Vuhledar and through which the road to Kurakhove leads from the south.
The Russians are again destroying Ukraine’s energy sector. Day …
Nov 19, 2024 · Russian forces have entered Kupiansk from the north-east. The aggressor is trying to gain access to the Sievierodonetsk-Kharkiv road, which provides supplies to Ukrainian troops east of the Oskil River.
The unfinished de-russification | OSW Centre for Eastern Studies
Oct 14, 2024 · The launch of Russia’s full-scale aggression against Ukraine and its economic war with the West have led to an unprecedented reduction in the European Union’s energy ties with Moscow. Brussels has proven more willing than many expected to shift away from importing Russian energy resources, as evidenced by sanctions imposed …
Ukraine gets ‘green light’ to attack Russian territory with Western ...
Nov 19, 2024 · On 17 November, Western media outlets including The New York Times and Le Figaro reported that Ukraine had received approval to use US-made ATACMS ballistic missiles and British/French-made Storm Shadow/SCALP cruise missiles against targets on Russian territory. The next morning, these outlets published more nuanced reports, quoting US, UK, and French officials who largely refrained from ...
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Winning the war with Russia (is still possible)
Oct 28, 2024 · 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 long as the dictatorial Putin regime operates in Moscow. Although Russia has not achieved its strategic goals, it is not giving up on its aggressive plans.