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2 weeks ago | 
kyivindependent.com | Wojciech Jakóbik
As the war in Ukraine grinds on, attention remains fixed on the battlefield. But Russia’s most vulnerable flank is not in the trenches — it’s in the treasury. The West, and especially the United States, holds economic levers that could push Vladimir Putin toward serious negotiations or even collapse his ability to sustain the war altogether. Recent developments signal a shift in Washington’s posture.
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2 months ago | 
rp.pl | Wojciech Jakóbik
W tekście dla „Rzeczpospolitej” z marca 2024 roku zapowiadałem nadchodzącą korektę Europejskiego Zielonego Ładu, która mogła być okazją do rozwoju sojuszu atomowo-odnawialnego między Polską a Francją. Ta zmiana staje się faktem. „Rzeczpospolita” informuje o współpracy Polski i Francji na rzecz ustalenia korytarzy cenowych polityki klimatycznej Unii Europejskiej.
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Feb 10, 2025 | 
kyivindependent.com | Wojciech Jakóbik
The European Union and NATO must strengthen cooperation to protect critical energy infrastructure from attacks, which pose a growing threat to European stability. The Kremlin, with its history of weaponizing energy, remains a prime suspect. NATO must properly secure the Baltic Sea — the so-called NATO lake. The Baltic states achieved independence from the post-Soviet energy system in February by connecting to the continental grid via Poland.
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Feb 6, 2025 | 
energia.rp.pl | Wojciech Jakóbik
Wykorzystanie gazu zamiast czołgów do wrogiej polityki zagranicznej i bezpieczeństwa przez Kreml zgodne z doktryną Falina-Kwicińskiego zawiodło w czasie kryzysu energetycznego. Doktryna opracowana przez tych sowieckich dyplomatów, która miała ugruntować wpływy Rosji w Europie Środkowo-Wschodniej, pomimo wycofania sił zbrojnych Kremla z byłych republik sowieckich, została użyta przed inwazją na Ukrainie. Rosjanie ograniczali podaż gazu w Europie podsycając kryzys energetyczny.
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Jan 31, 2025 | 
cleanenergywire.org | Wojciech Jakóbik
***Our weekly Dispatches provide an overview of the most relevant recent and upcoming developments for the shift to climate neutrality in selected European countries, from policy and diplomacy to society and industry.
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Jan 28, 2025 | 
cepa.org | Maciej Bukowski |Aura Sabadus |Wojciech Jakóbik |Alexander Kolyandr
As President Donald Trump rushes to kill clean energy projects, the new European Commission is racing ahead to reach its ambitious green goals. It’s an opportunity for Europe to take the lead. A good test will be its plans to promote green hydrogen. Upon moving into the White House, President Trump ended the Biden administration’s last-minute tax incentives for clean hydrogen investments.
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Jan 22, 2025 | 
cepa.org | Pavel Luzin |Aura Sabadus |Wojciech Jakóbik
Russia is struggling to increase arms production against a tide of permanently growing costs and a shortage of human and financial resources. Without a ceasefire, the Kremlin will face deeper imbalances in its domestic political economy and become strategically weaker. 2025 will be the last year Russia can rely on its massive stockpiles of Soviet-era conventional arms, including artillery, main battle tanks and armored vehicles.
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Jan 22, 2025 | 
cepa.org | Pavel Luzin |Aura Sabadus |Wojciech Jakóbik |Kseniya Kirillova
There are clear signs that Russia’s 2024 military budget exceeded the planned 10.4 trillion rubles ($101 billion) and was actually closer to 13.2 trillion rubles ($129 billion.) This number comes from Minister of Defense Andrei Belousov, who said in December that defense spending was 32.5% of the total federal budget of 40.6 trillion rubles at the year’s end.
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Jan 22, 2025 | 
cepa.org | Pavel Luzin |Aura Sabadus |Wojciech Jakóbik |Kseniya Kirillova
The death and disablement of hundreds of thousands of Russian soldiers, acute strains in the defense budget and a looming shortage of military hardware make 2025 the year of truth for Moscow’s armed forces. With the full-scale war against Ukraine nearly three years-old, Russia’s armed forces have lost as many as 700,000 troops killed, injured or missing in action by October last year.
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Jan 22, 2025 | 
cepa.org | Aura Sabadus |Wojciech Jakóbik |Kseniya Kirillova |Edward Lucas
The Three Seas Initiative (3SI) — a 13-nation geopolitical grouping to integrate Central and Eastern Europe — has gathered much brand value but also much dust since it first met in 2016. Now, with the EU’s Polish presidency for the next six months, Donald Trump’s return to the White House, and the end of the Russian gas transit via Ukraine, it has the opportunity to find new dynamism.
