Eastern Team

IEŚ Commentaries 1302

28 February 2025

Hanna Bazhenova - Eastern Team

Demographic Crisis in Ukraine

Since 1994, Ukraine’s population has been in steady decline; however, a severe demographic crisis has unfolded over the past three years. Russia’s armed aggression has led to mass internal and international migration, a sharp decline in the birth rate and life expectancy, as well as increased mortality and significant changes in the distribution of the population across the...

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Eastern Team

IEŚ Commentaries Brief 1289

14 February 2025

Jakub Olchowski - Eastern Team

Russia’s Triumph

Donald Trump’s phone call with Vladimir Putin was in fact a success for Russia. There are many indications that the Trump administration’s policy will lead to rejecting all of Ukraine’s expectations while taking into account Russia’s demands. Such actions by Washington weaken the cohesion of the West and deepen transatlantic tensions, while Russia gains legitimacy for...

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Eastern Team

IEŚ Commentaries 1277

29 January 2025

Jakub Olchowski - Eastern Team

Donald Trump, the 47th President of the USA – Ukraine’s fears and hopes

Donald Trump, as the 47th president of the United States, raises both fears and hopes in Ukraine. Although Kyiv was skeptical about Trump’s previous term, disappointment with Joe Biden’s policies has led to greater openness towards the new US leadership. Ukrainians expect that Trump, attached to his image as a strong leader, will take more decisive action against Russia. At...

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IEŚ Policy Papers 10/2024

Editorial Team: Jakub Olchowski, Beata Surmacz

West-gravitating strategic reorientation of Ukraine as a key factor of Central European security

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IEŚ Policy Papers 8/2024

Editorial Team: Agata Domachowska, Spasimir Domadzki, Konrad Pawłowski

Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia – the past, present, and future of the oligarchs

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Prace IEŚ nr 7/2024

Aleksandra Kuczyńska-Zonik

Strategie bezpieczeństwa i obrony państw Europy Środkowej: Litwa, Łotwa i Estonia

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Prace IEŚ 6/2024

Hanna Bazhenova

Ukraińskie rolnictwo w latach 2022–2024: wyzwania i strategie adaptacyjne

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Eastern Team

IEŚ Commentaries 1180

2 August 2024

Jakub Olchowski - Eastern Team

Digital Ukraine – the idea of modernizing the state

The digitization process in Ukraine gained momentum only after Volodymyr Zelensky and his entourage took power in 2019. It was then assumed that the “digitalization” of the state would help bridge the civilizational gap between Ukraine and the West and accelerate the modernization of the economy and public institutions. Within a few years, significant success was achieved....

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Eastern Team

IEŚ Commentaries 1134

31 May 2024

Jakub Olchowski - Eastern Team

The West’s military aid for Ukraine – crisis management in lieu of strategy

Unlocking the aid package for Ukraine by the United States will stabilize the front line and halt Russian advances, but it will not lead to a breakthrough in the war nor to Ukraine regaining the strategic initiative. Western support is scattered, unsystematic and often driven by ad hoc political considerations. Taking into account Russia’s resources and actions, aid for Ukraine...

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Eastern Team

IEŚ Commentaries 1107

22 April 2024

Piotr Oleksy - Eastern Team

Gagauzia – a Russian destabilisation tool

The authorities of the Autonomous Territorial Unit of Gagauzia display openly pro-Russian attitudes and seek to deepen relations with the Russian Federation. Protests are organised during the visits of representatives of the authorities of the Republic of Moldova to the region. Gagauzia, controlled by the Ilan Șor political group, has become the most important Russian tool used...

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