OSW – Centre for Eastern Studies, Poland

🔵An Asian Plan B: Merz in the Indo-Pacific
🔵The chancellor’s visit confirms Berlin’s increasingly assertive stance, first explicitly outlined in early October in a non-paper jointly prepared with France.

By @AlKozaczynska @LidiaGibadlo & @PUznanska ⤵️
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➡️ Canada 🇨🇦 EU 🇪🇺 summit: an alliance with constrained ambitions

➡️ The two sides seek to reduce their strategic dependencies and gain greater freedom to act independently on the international stage.

🔵 More by Łukasz Maślanka ⤵️
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Smoke and mirrors: the third Russia–Africa summit

There is a gap between the Kremlin’s 🇷🇺 stated Africa policy, as presented at the summit, and its actions on the ground.

More insight by Miłosz Bartosiewicz ⤵️
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➡️Ukraine’s 🇺🇦 economy under growing strain amid Russia’s war of attrition

➡️Ukraine’s economy is probably under greater strain than at any point since spring 2022, with overlapping crises across several sectors

🔵By @S_Matuszak ⤵️
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New law on the Foundation for Displacement, Expulsion, Reconciliation: putting Germany first

🔵In @KamilFrymark's text you can find information on the changes and how they've been received by parties across 🇩🇪's political spectrum, from the Greens to AfD.
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