North Korean missiles strike Kyiv and Zaporizhzhia. Day 1630 of the war

Analyses

Analyses of current affairs

• Ukraine strikes Russian fuel terminals on the Baltic coast. Day 1497 of the war

• The Baltic states respond to incidents involving Ukrainian drones

• The SPD’s defeat in the Rhineland-Palatinate election will intensify tensions within the German federal government

• Parliamentary elections in Slovenia: a close result with a slight advantage for the Freedom Movement

• The Russians are building their own Starlink system. Day 1490 of the war

• Iran after three weeks of war: a paradoxical advantage in a war of attrition

• Georgia after the Patriarch’s death: greater state involvement in the Church?

• In line for the throne: preparing for a transfer of power in Turkey

Commentaries

In-depth analyses of current affairs

Patience wears thin as Ukraine adopts a harder line on China

Turkey’s LNG game amid the war in the Middle East

Chaos is a blessing: the attack on Iran and the future of sanctions on Russian oil

OSW update. Hungary election, no. 3

The dismantling of the Kurdish quasi-state: a new stage in Syria’s post-war transformation

Relative stabilisation: Ukraine’s economy on the threshold of the fifth year of war