The capital of Slovakia, even less so that of Moldova, is not used to the role of a location that produces big headlines on strategic issues of European politics. But this is exactly what happened in the last few days. President Macron chose the GLOBSEC conference in Bratislava to deliver a timely and important vision of political changes that he believes need to be applied in Europe. Then, almost fifty leaders met in Chisinau for the summit of the recently inaugurated European Political Community initiative.
Autor: Robert Pszczel
Opublikowano: 06/06/2023
In the 1990s, Central and Eastern European countries learned quickly that by combining their forces, they can be more successful in the Euro-Atlantic integration process. Perhaps, one of the most successful forms of informal regional cooperation was the Visegrad format.
Autor: Andras Braun
Opublikowano: 31/05/2023
The recent announcement of the Czech Republic's ongoing military assistance to Ukraine highlights the growing importance of defence cooperation between the two countries.
Autor: Tomáš Dvořák and Pavel Havlíček
Opublikowano: 31/05/2023
Russia's invasion of Ukraine has turned the global security environment upside down and made all countries think about the effectiveness of the existing security architecture. It is clear, that the process of revising the international order has already begun, and it is not excluded, that in the near future, we will witness the formation of new scientific, theoretical, or practical approaches to international relations and global politics.
Autor: Nikoloz Khatiashvili
Opublikowano: 30/05/2023
The path of the modern Ukrainian state towards democracy has been relatively short, but simultaneously full of struggle. The people of Ukraine had to take to the streets at least three times over the last 30 years to preserve democracy in the country: in 1990, 2004, and 2014. The last time when Ukrainian society stood up to the rise of authoritarian rule, Russia started its aggression against Ukraine by occupying the Crimean Peninsula and deploying its mercenaries in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
Autor: Ihor Havrylyuk
Opublikowano: 30/05/2023
After 10 months of fighting the Russians, spearheaded by Wagner Group’s forces have at last captured the defiant city of Bakhmut.
Autor: Sebastian Czub
Opublikowano: 26/05/2023
Despite mounting pressure, South Korea remains unwilling to provide military assistance to Ukraine. This stance is rooted not only in Seoul's longstanding policy of refraining from supplying arms to nations engaged in active conflict, but also in the highly sensitive security situation in the region.
Autor: Robert Czulda
Opublikowano: 23/05/2023
During the early stages of the war, some were worried that Russia's aggression against Ukraine could lead to a similar attack on Taiwan by China. This argument was not unfounded, as a quick Russian victory could embolden China to launch an attack on Taiwan, while a prolonged conflict in Europe could prevent the United States from deploying more forces to the Indo-Pacific.
Autor: Robert Czulda
Opublikowano: 22/05/2023
The battle for Bakhmut continues. Ukrainian forces have launched a series of counter offensives in the Bakhmut area.
Autor: FKP
Opublikowano: 19/05/2023
The recent visit of the new Czech President Petr Pavel to Poland in the middle of March has clearly shown that there is a new common understanding and possibly also future appetite to do more together in relations between Czechia and Poland.
Autor: Pavel Havlicek
Opublikowano: 19/05/2023
Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) needs to become an attentive listener if its countries want to advocate for its interests more effectively. With the war in Ukraine ongoing and the challenge of the country’s reconstruction looming on the horizon, the regional decision-makers have to show more understanding of the challenges faced by their partners in other parts of the continent. They also need to embark on the path to resolve bilateral disputes with the EU institutions and major EU Member States to increase the region’s credibility at international level in the times of changing global security landscape.
Autor: Miłosz J. Cordes
Opublikowano: 19/05/2023
As China gained more influence in terms of its economic power, the political ambitions of Beijing have dramatically grown. These tendencies are reminiscent of the continuing centralization of authority that commenced subsequent to the 19th Party Congress in 2017.
Autor: Dominik Mierzejewski, Przemysław Ciborek
Opublikowano: 18/05/2023
In March 2023 the US Department of Defense (DoD) presented its budget for the Fiscal Year 2024 (September 2023 – September 2024). As the DoD representatives and the overview of the budget emphasised it is “the most strategy-driven request we’ve ever produced from the Department of Defense.”
Autor: Tomasz Smura
Opublikowano: 17/05/2023
Despite recent Russian advances Ukrainian forces continue to defend Bakhmut. This week saw the collapse of the Ukrainian defences along the railway line in the western part of the city.
Autor: FKP
Opublikowano: 05/05/2023
The battle for Bakhmut continues. According to the most recent information Russian forces have broken through the Ukrainian defensive lines along the railway.
Autor: FKP
Opublikowano: 28/04/2023
On April 25th, the Chairwoman of the Board of the Casimir Pulaski Foundation, Prof. Katarzyna Pisarska was invited to speak to the European Parliament’s Subcommittee on Security and Defence (SEDE) in Brussels.
Opublikowano: 27/04/2023
On Friday, April 21, 2023, Lu Shaye, the Chinese Ambassador to France, made statements during an interview with the French news channel LCI that caused a general outcry in the Western world.
Autor: Manon Boscher
Opublikowano: 27/04/2023
Casimir Pulaski Foundation as co-organizer of the second National Security Bureau’s strategic debate
It is our great pleasure to inform you that the Casimir Pulaski Foundation was co-organising the second BBN’s strategic debate about Perspectives after the NATO Summit in Vilnius.
Opublikowano: 25/04/2023
Main goals of the advocacy and fact-finding mission to Tbilisi included learning about the country’s current status of the accession to the European Union, discussing developments in the internal politics and possible challenges for democracy, security situation in the temporarily occupied Tskhinvali region as well as the cooperation and security environment in the Black Sea region.
Opublikowano: 24/04/2023
Recently, the Wagner Group has been on the lips of everyone interested in global conflicts. Its infamous brutal nature attracted international attention when Putin began engaging militants from a Kremlin-linked private army in the war in Ukraine.
Autor: Dominika Kulig
Opublikowano: 24/04/2023
Information on the principles and objectives of Poland’s foreign policy (the so-called exposé), delivered by Poland’s Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau on April 13th, points at the strategic vacuum that Warsaw has been in.
Autor: Miłosz J. Cordes
Opublikowano: 24/04/2023
The decreased pace of Russian advance in Bakhmut may be indicative of the nature of Ukrainian defence of the city.
Autor: Sebastian Czub
Opublikowano: 21/04/2023
There is much talk in Europe about Russia’s ability to wage a prolonged war in Ukraine.
Autor: Piotr Przybyło
Opublikowano: 21/04/2023
During the last summit of the Organization of Turkic States held in Ankara on 16th of March 2023, president of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev addressed Armenia with a demand that the so-called “Western Azerbaijanis” must be guaranteed a safe return as a condition for the safety and rights of Karabakh Armenian population, on a basis of alleged reciprocity.
Autor: Witold Repetowicz
Opublikowano: 19/04/2023
Although defense cooperation with Taiwan (Republic of China) is difficult, as it is burdened with numerous risks, there are several areas that can be developed.
Autor: Robert Czulda
Opublikowano: 19/04/2023
