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

Analyses

Analyses of current affairs

• Ukraine: another difficult wartime budget

• Kremlin escalates threats against the West

• Abkhazia: the parastate’s leader steps down

• Georgia: awaiting a turning point

• Ukraine gets ‘green light’ to attack Russian territory with Western-made missiles

• In a cool climate: controversy over the COP29 conference in Baku

• The Russians are again destroying Ukraine’s energy sector. Day 1000 of the war

• Loyalists and revolutionaries? Trump is making first foreign policy nominations

Commentaries

In-depth analyses of current affairs

Dialogue from a position of strength: China’s EU policy

At the monopolist’s mercy: Germany’s dependence on Chinese rare earth elements

Methodical elimination. Efforts to dismantle the local government system in Russia

Parliamentary elections in the Czech Republic: Babiš on the verge of returning to power

A fragile future: decarbonisation of Germany’s steel sector

The three special cases: demographic processes in the South Caucasus