Although both Sweden and Finland cannot be considered as significant military powers, their full membership in the Alliance will significantly improve NATO’s strategic position vis-à-vis Russia, particularly in its Eastern and Northern dimension.
Autor: Robert Czulda
Opublikowano: 16/02/2023
The United Kingdom is a perfect match for Ukraine for conducting wartime advocacy. Britain needs to project its image as a country with a global impact and has a long track of understanding the Russian threat to security. Zelenskyy – with his Churchillian narrative – will not save Tories from a likely defeat in the next general elections.
Autor: Bartłomiej Kot
Opublikowano: 10/02/2023
In the second round of Czech’s presidential elections held on January 27-28, retired army general Petr Pavel expectedly won over ex-prime minister Andrej Babiš.
Autor: Ihor Havrylyuk
Opublikowano: 01/02/2023
Since the beginning of the Russian invasion on February 24, 2022, Ukraine’s resistance has produced several stunning reversals in the fortunes of war, drastically limiting the territorial and political gains of its adversary.
Autor: Viliyan Tsvetanov
Opublikowano: 01/02/2023
Three Western NATO member states – France, the United States and Germany – promised to provide Ukraine with some heavy fighting vehicles. Although, on the one hand, this is good news – after all, a certain mental barrier is broken and a new supply channel is to be established – from a purely military perspective, this is rather a symbolic help.
Autor: Robert Czulda
Opublikowano: 13/01/2023
The State of Qatar's decision to host the biggest and most popular sporting event in the world - the World Cup – was not driven by its love to sport and football, but purely by political calculations.
Autor: Robert Czulda
Opublikowano: 10/01/2023
This year’s summit is described as one of the most important events of the upcoming months for the Biden administration. So where did these changes come from, and do they have a chance to bring benefits to both parties involved?
Autor: Dominika Kulig
Opublikowano: 13/12/2022
International response to the barbaric invasion of Ukraine by Russia has been impressive.
Autor: Robert Pszczel
Opublikowano: 05/10/2022
After Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24th, 2022, Hungary has been one of the few members of the Euro-Atlantic community that took a cautious stance in regard to providing Ukraine with political and material support. Budapest’s decision not to send its own lethal weapons to Kyiv and not to allow partners to transport military aid through its own territory has been widely perceived as a breach of the Euro-Atlantic unity and has come under criticism even by the regional partners from the Visegrád Group (V4).
Autor: Ihor Havrylyuk
Opublikowano: 26/08/2022
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) is again a place of clash over the vision of the Internet as the elections to choose the next head of the organisation are approaching. After 8 years of Chinese leadership, the one of the frontrunner in the elections is a Russian candidate. Does the ITU become a centre of promoting non-western vision of the Internet and therefore will contribute to limit the free flow of information worldwide?
Autor: Andrzej Kozłowski
Opublikowano: 03/08/2022
Following the recent NATO summit and Western sanctions hitting Russia's fossil fuel industry, it seems that climate issue will increasingly affect the development of the armed forces of Western countries.
Autor: Marek Ziółkowski
Opublikowano: 11/07/2022
The NATO Madrid summit, which took place on 29th-30th June was dominated by the hard military security driven by the war in Ukraine. However, the issue of cybersecurity and disinformation was not omitted and the important steps were included both in the final declaration and the new Strategic Concept.
Autor: dr Andrzej Kozłowski
Opublikowano: 08/07/2022
Finland’s bid to gain NATO membership was a direct response to Russia’s February 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
Autor: Jimmyn Lee
Opublikowano: 23/05/2022
Russia’s recent invasion of Ukraine, which started on February 24, 2022, has forced Japan to rethink its strategy towards Vladimir Putin’s regime. The previous administration of Shinzo Abe sought a closer cooperation with Russia and engaged with it on both economic and political level, including in the matters of security. However, the new prime minister Fumio Kishida’s clear and open stance against the Russian aggression marks a turning point in the two countries’ relations. This change of attitude is seen in the verbal criticism, extensive sanctions, but also plans to change Russia’s status in Japan’s National Security Strategy, which suggests a long-term perception shift.
Autor: Piotr Malachiński
Opublikowano: 07/04/2022
A comprehensive reform of the Polish Armed Forces, announced over a year ago, has significantly accelerated since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine. The Homeland Defence Act (HDA) was first announced by the government in October 2021.
Autor: Michał Oleksiejuk
Opublikowano: 18/03/2022
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) released a statement on Sunday that it has attacked "Israeli Mossad training centers" in the Iraqi Kurdistan Autonomous Region with precision-guided ballistic missiles. The IRGC said the operation was in response to the Israeli killing (also in a rocket attack) of two Iranian military advisers on the outskirts of Damascus, Syria, on Monday, March 7.
Autor: Jakub Gajda
Opublikowano: 14/03/2022
On the night of 3 to 4 March this year, the Russian Federation carried out an attack on the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant. This has raised concerns among the public in Western countries about the safety of nuclear reactors.
Autor: Mikołaj Oettingen
Opublikowano: 06/03/2022
After 7 days of the military campaign initiated by the Russian aggression against Ukraine, the situation of the Ukrainian Armed Forces is deteriorating, the Russians, despite the losses and the unsatisfactory general course of the campaign, are consistently pursuing their operational goals, i.e. encircling Kiev from the west and east.
Autor: Tomasz Smura
Opublikowano: 03/03/2022
Unleashing its war machine in Ukraine, Russia has challenged the foundations of the international security order. It must be defended, with the Western democracies leading this fight. It starts with overwhelming support for Ukraine. Second, Russian regime must be confronted and contained – in a sustained manner. Third – Western alliances need to be resolute and strengthened, including through expansion.
Autor: Marcin Bużański
Opublikowano: 02/03/2022
Russian aggression against Ukraine continues. The second day of the conflict, like the first one, began with massive missile attacks on Ukrainian military targets (e.g. air defence systems). The land offensive continued along all operational axis.
Autor: Tomasz Smura
Opublikowano: 26/02/2022
On February 24, 2022 at around 5 am, following months of psychological pressure and hybrid operations that pick up pace in October and November 2021 (before that, a similar type of operation happened in May and April 2021), Russia has decided to launch a full scale invasion of Ukraine. This was in fact the fulfilment of the worst-case-scenario, predicted by the current US administration, to a Kremlin imposed crisis on the Russo-Ukrianian borders.
Autor: Dr. Tomasz Smura
Opublikowano: 25/02/2022
Hong Kong has drawn the world’s attention again as the European Parliament adopted a resolution on the violation of fundamental freedoms in the city on 20 January 2022.
Autor: Iverson Ng
Opublikowano: 30/01/2022
Announcement – The final Webinar of “The V4 towards NATO Strategic Concept and Strategic Compass” grant will take place on the 9th of September at 12:00 CEST
Autor: FKP
Opublikowano: 09/09/2021
Traditionally, NATO summits are the landmark events for the entire organisation – unlike for example in the case of the European Union, they normally take place only every few years and thus the pressure to come up with strategically oriented decisions is very strong (and usually delivered upon). What is the initial scoresheet of the summit held “in the pivotal time for our Alliance” on June 14th, 2021?
Autor: Robert Pszczel
Opublikowano: 15/06/2021
Only those, who want to practice the three wise monkeys pose (see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil) can continue pretending that a direct confrontation with Russia is not upon us. No exercise in wishful thinking can obscure the threat to the post-Cold War stability, brought about by Russia’s recent actions targeting Ukraine, the West and international norms in general.
Autor: Robert Pszczel
Opublikowano: 21/04/2021
