OSW Centre for Eastern Studies
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About us | OSW Centre for Eastern Studies
About us. The Centre for Eastern Studies (OSW) was established in 1990 in Warsaw as a public institution. It was created to meet democratic Poland’s demand for analytical research on the processes that had occurred in the Soviet Union, and later in the states that emerged following its collapse. At present, the OSW’s portfolio includes ...
25 years of Poland in NATO: personal reflections on the ...
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.
US Army in Lithuania: a new outpost on the eastern flank
Jan 14, 2021 · In mid-December, the US Army deployed a contingent of approximately 500 soldiers in Pabradė, located to the north-east of Vilnius. The troops will remain in Lithuania for eight months – until mid-2021. This is the third rotation of a US armoured battalion in the country. Previous contingents were stationed there from October 2019 to June 2020 and from September to November 2020.
The Zapad-2021 exercises. Russian strategy in practice
Sep 3, 2021 · The Zapad-2021 strategic exercises, scheduled for 10–16 September, are the most important training programme yet undertaken held by the Russian Armed Forces and the Belarusian army which cooperates with them. As they involve as many as 200,000 soldiers, they will also be the largest military exercises conducted in Europe for nearly 40 years.
The breadbasket of the world? | OSW Centre for Eastern Studies
Dec 9, 2021 · Maize is the most important, grown on 5 million ha, with 35.9 million tonnes produced in 2019. Wheat was second (6.8 million ha, 28.3 million tonnes) and barley third (2.6 million ha, 8.9 million tonnes). Only 1.1 million tonnes of the remaining cereals – oats, rye, millet and sorghum – were produced in 2019.
Putin’s article: ‘On the historical unity of Russians and Ukrainians ...
12 July 2021 saw the publication of an article by President Vladimir Putin, entitled ‘On the historical unity of Russians and Ukrainians’, which had been announced on 30 June 2021 during the President’s Direct Line public conference with citizens. The text was published on the President’s official website kremlin.ru (in two languages: Russian and Ukrainian).
Russia recognises the independence of the Donbas
Feb 22, 2022 · Marek Menkiszak. On 21 February, Russian President Vladimir Putin delivered an address in which he announced the recognition of the independence of two separatist para-states created in 2014 in the Russian-occupied part of Ukraine’s Donbas – the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) and the Luhansk People’s Republic (LPR).
The four-day war in Nagorno-Karabakh - OSW Centre for Eastern …
Apr 6, 2016 · The four-day war in Nagorno-Karabakh. Aleksandra Jarosiewicz. Maciej Falkowski. In the early hours of 2 April fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan suddenly broke out in the Karabakh conflict zone. Both sides accused each other of launching the military action, although everything indicates that Azerbaijan took the initiative, and as a result ...
An increase in Russia’s agri-food exports
Mar 1, 2024 · Despite the war and the sanctions, over the last two years the size of Russia’s agri-food exports has continuously risen, although the pace of this increase has now slowed down. In 2023, the value of supplies delivered to foreign markets stood at around $43.5 bn, which accounted for around 10% of the Russian Federation’s (RF) total export revenues.