An intensification of air strikes instead of an offensive. Day 1553 of the war

Analyses

Analyses of current affairs

• Ukrainians destroy Russian ammunition depots. Day 943 of the war

• Success for the SPD in Brandenburg

• Acquiring resources and legitimising the partnership: Scholz’s visit to Central Asia

• The New European Commission: security and defence in the hands of a Baltic duo

• Russians counterattack in Kursk Oblast. Day 936 of the war

• ‘Doppelgänger’: the pattern of Russia’s anti-Western influence operation

• The crisis at Volkswagen presents a significant political challenge for the German government

• Germany: controversy over border deportations

Commentaries

In-depth analyses of current affairs

Forging a nationalist model army. The political prospects of the Azov Movement

OSW update. Hungary election, no. 1

Excessive dependence? The growing role of US LNG and oil in the EU market

An uncertain future for Rosatom’s nuclear technology exports

Seven lean years? Romania’s struggle with record high debt

The Trump administration and the Russia-Ukraine war: in search of an agreement with Moscow