Autor: Reuben F. Johnson
Opublikowano: 29/07/2026
On June 13, Yoon Suk Yeol, the former president of the Republic of Korea (ROK), was sentenced to two years in prison after being found guilty of illegally receiving opinion polling services worth $179,800 for free from a political broker. Just four days earlier, on June 9, ROK Supreme Court upheld his seven-year prison sentence for obstructing authorities attempts to arrest him over his short-lived imposition of martial law in 2024.
Autor: Zuzanna Kowzan
Opublikowano: 20/07/2026
The summit in Ankara will deliver contracts, memoranda, and letters of intent, yet it will not clarify what Europe lacks most acutely — its own answer to the question of the long-term direction of the transformation being undertaken. At the root of the contemporary identity crisis lies not a deficit of financial resources but the absence of a shared European strategic culture, which Ankara may throw into particularly sharp relief, proving that material rearmament is outpacing the ability to define directions for joint action.
Autor: Patryk Litwiński
Opublikowano: 06/07/2026
Around a decade ago at the Singapore Air Show the executive of a major US defence company told me more than once “my best sales agents are the Chinese. Every time they make a public show of steaming their aircraft carrier out for sea trials or commit another one of their violations of some nation’s territorial waters or build up another one of their artificial islands – that’s when my phone starts ringing. Other nations in the region suddenly want to know how soon they could have some US-made military hardware, especially if they are EDA [Excess Defence Articles].”
Autor: Reuben F. Johnson
Opublikowano: 18/06/2026
Second half of May 2026 was a busy time in Asian diplomacy
Autor: Krzysztof Kozłowski
Opublikowano: 18/06/2026
Todays near standoff between the Philippines and the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in the Scarborough Shoal is a reminder that over time foreign policy mistakes only expand in their complexity and negative implications.
Autor: Reuben F. Johnson
Opublikowano: 23/04/2026
Away from the deadlines reporting on the US-Israeli war with Iran (now in a hiatus phase), another, concurrent armed conflict has been taking place, expanding in both geographic scope and intensity, namely the Israeli invasion of Lebanon. Hezbollah launched projectiles on 1st March into Haifa (all of which were intercepted) as revenge for the killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. The Israeli responded with a rocket barrage ultimately targeting 50 villages south of the Litani River and southern Beirut (evacuation orders were sent last minute to the Lebanese civilian population), followed by a ground assault. This event marked the outbreak of the seventh armed conflict between Israel and Lebanon since the establishment of the State of Israel
Autor: Karolina Pawlik
Opublikowano: 20/04/2026
Autor: Maciej Dachowski
Opublikowano: 17/04/2026
Autor: Maciej Dachowski, Ewelina Załuska
Opublikowano: 15/04/2026
Cheng Li-wun, Kuomintang’s (KMT – current Taiwanese opposition) leader, just concluded her April 7-12 visit to People’s Republic of China.
Autor: Krzysztof Kozłowski
Opublikowano: 14/04/2026
António Guterres is finishing his ten-year tenure in a world that barely resembles the one the UN was built for. Peace negotiations happen without the organization. Conflicts are managed outside the Security Council. Alternative frameworks are displacing institutions.
Autor: Maciej Dachowski
Opublikowano: 20/03/2026
Autor: Maciej Dachowski
Opublikowano: 06/03/2026
Energy security in the Arctic constitutes a multifaceted phenomenon, encompassing a wide array of concerns, including political, security, socio-economic, technological and identity dimensions. It involves questions of land ownership, the rights of stakeholders, pristine nature, and re-industrialisation delineated through green technologies.
Autor: Karolina Pawlik
Opublikowano: 23/02/2026
Despite continuing to frame itself in great-power terms, Russia is gradually losing the capacity to perform the systemic functions that for decades made it an indispensable actor in the international order.
Autor: Maciej Dachowski
Opublikowano: 12/02/2026
Recent events in relation to Greenland struck a lot of controversy and provoked many reactions. The subject isn’t new as the first time Donald Trump publicly admitted that the US should try to acquire Greenland was 18th August 2019. That day, he confirmed he was considering an attempt to buy Greenland and added that it “would be strategically nice [for the USA to own]”.
Autor: Jagoda Synowiec
Opublikowano: 10/02/2026
For Taiwan the last days of 2025 were characterised by yet another Chinese military drills around the island located 180-kilometers off the coast of mainland China. The drills have been conducted days after the announcement of $11bn U.S. weapons sale to Taiwan, one of the biggest weapon sales in Taiwan’s history.
Autor: Michał Malak
Opublikowano: 04/02/2026
Over the past two decades, China has consolidated its presence in Latin America by exploiting the prolonged shift of U.S. strategic focus toward the Middle East. The resulting economic and infrastructure footprint in Washington’s immediate neighborhood is now seen as a strategic threat. The U.S. response - a new National Security Strategy and the intervention in Venezuela - reaffirmed the Western Hemisphere as non-negotiable to U.S. security.
Autor: Patryk Litwiński
Opublikowano: 29/01/2026
The establishment of the so-called Board of Peace, proposed by the President of the United States Donald Trump, should be understood not as an episode linked solely to Gaza, but as a symptom of a deeper transformation of the international order [1]. For the first time since 1945, a key system-shaping actor is not attempting to reform existing security institutions, but is instead deliberately initiating a mechanism that competes with them.
Autor: Maciej Dachowski
Opublikowano: 20/01/2026
Negotiating the Same War. Russia’s Continuum, America’s Cycles, and Why Momentum Still Isn’t Change?
At the close of 2025, as the war in Ukraine enters its fourth year in full scale form, international attention once again turned to Florida. On 28 December 2025, President Volodymyr Zelensky met with President Donald Trump at Mar a Lago.
Autor: Maciej Dachowski
Opublikowano: 15/01/2026
On 8 January 2026, the administration of Donald Trump announced the initiation of procedures to withdraw the United States from a range of international organisations, conventions, and treaties deemed contrary to U.S. national interests. While formally framed as an administrative and legal review of existing commitments, the decision carries significance far beyond its procedural form.
Autor: Maciej Dachowski
Opublikowano: 08/01/2026
As public debate in Poland increasingly focuses on the fact that Warsaw has been invited to participate in the G20 summit in 2026, an essential part of the context risks being overlooked.
Autor: Maciej Dachowski
Opublikowano: 08/01/2026
The Venezuelan moment: intervention without arbitration
Autor: Maciej Dachowski
Opublikowano: 05/01/2026
One year ago, a small yellow brochure prepared by the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (Myndigheten för samhällsskydd och beredskap; from January 1.01.2026 - Swedish Defence and Resilience Agency, Myndigheten för civilt försvar) circulated widely across Western media and social networks. In Case of Crisis or War opens with a striking message: “To all residents of Sweden, We live in uncertain times. Armed conflicts are currently being waged in our corner of the world. Terrorism, cyber attacks, and disinformation campaigns are being used to undermine and influence us. To resist these threats, we must stand united. If Sweden is attacked, everyone must do their part to defend Sweden’s independence – and our democracy.” [
Autor: Agnieszka Grzegorzewska
Opublikowano: 17/12/2025
On October 21, 2025, Sanae Takaichi, a conservative politician representing the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), became the new Prime Minister of Japan. The new prime minister faces a number of challenges related to the country’s political and economic situation, as well as the stabilization of her own party.
Autor: dr Tomasz Smura
Opublikowano: 23/10/2025
Autor: Karolina Pawlik & Agnieszka Grzegorzewska
Opublikowano: 25/09/2025
