Centre for Eastern Studies - OSW

28/09/2026

Latvian🇱🇻 parliamentary election: Prime Minister seeks re-election
🔵The intensity of Russian and Belarusian disinformation during the election campaign has remained broadly consistent with that recorded in previous electoral cycles.
🔵By Bartosz Chmielewski ⤵️
https://www.osw.waw.pl/en/publikacje/analyses/2026-09-23/latvian-parliamentary-election-prime-minister-seeks-re-election

24/09/2026

🔵Germany 🇩🇪 and the US 🇺🇸 expand defence industry cooperation

🔵Germany is the second-largest buyer of US arms in Europe after Poland, with acquisitions focused particularly on the air domain.

🔵Lidia Gibadło & Jacek Tarociński have more ⤵️

On 16 September, during a visit to the Pentagon, German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius (SPD) and his US counterpart, Pete Hegseth, signed a declaration on closer cooperation between the two countries’ defence industries and the harmonisation of military procurement regulations. They also discuss...

23/09/2026

Wartime economies of scale: €150 billion for defence in the EU’s🇪🇺 2028–2034 budget

On economic efficiency grounds, the Commission expects member states to make greater use of joint procurement and collaborative defence projects.

By OSW's Łukasz Maślanka ⤵️
https://www.osw.waw.pl/en/publikacje/analyses/2026-09-07/wartime-economies-scale-eu150-billion-defence-eus-2028-2034-budget

22/09/2026

🔵OSW deepens cooperation with South Korea🇰🇷

➡️During a visit by Seoul's leading state think tank, the Institute for National Security Strategy (INSS), an OSW-INSS agreement was signed.

🔵Key European and East Asian security issues were also discussed.

21/09/2026

Moldova🇲🇩: taxation as a tool in reintegrating Transnistria

The imposition of VAT and excise duties on certain imports into Transnistria forms part of the ongoing process of the region’s economic reintegration with the rest of the country.

By OSW's Kamil Całus ⤵️

On 1 September, for the first time, Chişinău mandated businesses operating in separatist Transnistria to pay VAT and excise duties into the Moldovan budget on certain goods they import. The new regulations apply, among other things, to alcohol, to***co products, certain vehicles, computers and mob...

20/09/2026

US🇺🇸 sanctions bill on Russia🇷🇺: a political tool with uncertain prospects for implementation

🔵The extent to which the Graham bill is implemented will depend on the president’s discretion.

🔵More by Iwona Wiśniewska, Filip Rudnik and Andrzej Kohut ⤵️

On 16 September, the US House of Representatives passed a bill imposing sanctions on Russia, originally proposed by the late Senator Lindsey Graham. The vote completed the bill’s passage through Congress, and it now awaits the president’s signature. The legislation restates existing visa and ass...

16/09/2026

On a war footing. Changes in French🇫🇷 security strategy after Russia’s🇷🇺 invasion of Ukraine🇺🇦

Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine provided the impetus to accelerate reforms in French security policy.

More in the report by OSW's Łukasz Maślanka & Jacek Tarociński ⤵️

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15/09/2026

🔵Amendment to China’s🇨🇳 National Defence Mobilisation Law

➡️For the first time, the law defines mobilisation and states that its purpose is ‘to ensure a rapid transition between peace and war’.
🔵More insight by Michał Bogusz ⤵️
https://www.osw.waw.pl/en/publikacje/analyses/2026-09-09/amendment-to-chinas-national-defence-mobilisation-law

14/09/2026

Russophobia - Does the West hate Russia?

🛑Is anti-Russian sentiment a real problem? Is it undeserved? Or is Russophobia part of the Kremlin's propaganda?

OSW's Russia dept. has all the answers⤵️
https://youtu.be/v-gobZaVUzY

14/09/2026

➡️Estonia 🇪🇪: presidential election in the shadow of a political crisis

🔵Madise will cooperate with the government on both foreign and domestic policy. Her priority will be domestic affairs, with which she is much more familiar.

🔵By Bartosz Chmielewski ⤵️
https://www.osw.waw.pl/en/publikacje/analyses/2026-09-04/estonia-presidential-election-shadow-a-political-crisis