Strategy&Future

Experts of Russian Regnum Agency has been recently debating the issue of Polish-Russian competition for influence in Central & Eastern Europe, in particular in the “buffer zone” countries separating Poland and Russia, namely Belarus and Ukraine.

Intermarium Weekly 02-07.03.2020

Weekly Brief 29.02 – 6.03.2020

Davor Marijan “STORM” (2010)

Davor Marijan “STORM” (2010)

Rozmowa Jacka Bartosiaka z Pawłem Behrendtem na temat zbrojeń na Pacyfiku oraz roli Japonii w architekturze bezpieczeństwa Azji.

Upadek imperium osmańskiego niektórzy nazywali najdłużej oczekiwanym wydarzeniem w historii. Spory o to, jakie korzyści taki obrót spraw przyniesie innym krajom i imperiom zainteresowanym rozszarpaniem ziem i interesów Turcji przez większą część XIX wieku, stanowiły nieodłączny element polityki zagranicznej wielkich mocarstw.

Raczki na przesmyku suwalskim

Town of Raczki – on the way to the famed Suwałki Gap at NATO Eastern Flank

There is a great deal of popular anxiety throughout the countries of the Intermarium concerning the threat of the Coronavirus, which seems to be gradually encircling and surrounding the region. In Ukraine however, this has spilled over into political instability with outbreaks of violence between police and protesters in Kharkiv and Zhmerynka. President Vladimir Zelensky has called for an extraordinary meeting of the Verkhovna Rada (parliament), who will most likely vote for the resignation of Prime Minister Oleksiy Honcharuk next week. The main candidate tipped to replace him is now Serhiy Tihipko, who chaired Viktor Yanukovych’s presidential election campaign back in 2004.

In Crimea, people together with Orthodox priests are praying for rains and snow because throughout the last six months there was no rain during autumn, winter has been dry, and the reservoirs are almost empty. Journalists are forecasting apocalyptic scenarios for Crimea, including drought. In Simferopol, the authorities are gradually introducing a regime of limited water supply.

Weekly Brief 22–28.02.2020