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Ukraine: Verkhovna Rada restores independence of anti-corruption bodies

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An empty Piata Sfatului (Council Square), Brasov, during the 2020 Covid pandemics

Thirty years of crisis: Romania’s demographic situation

Dětská tramvaj, ZOO Praha

Czech demography: once a model, now a cause for concern

Wave breaking on Holyhead breakwater

Turning the tide: the US pushes back against Chinese influence in European ports

Ukrainian military trenches in Zaporizhzhia oblast in 2024

Army at a crossroads: the mobilisation and organisational crisis of the Defence Forces of Ukraine

Stack of pipes waiting to be installed at a gas well

The EU’s gas market in 2025: Russian gas, new US policy, and strategic uncertainties

Wzmożony ruch uliczny

A two-speed economy. China on the eve of a trade war

Pokrovsk conurbation in a pocket

Pokrovsk conurbation in a pocket. Day 1252 of the war

Ukraine: the independence of anti-corruption bodies is being dismantled

Ukraine: the independence of anti-corruption bodies is being dismantled amid scandals involving top politicians

Ukraine’s new defence minister

Ukraine’s new defence minister. Day 1245 of the war

Reports

In-depth analyses of long-term processes

Andrzej Wilk

Russia's Belarusian army

The practical aspects of Belarus and Russia's military integration

Justyna Gotkowska

Sweden’s security

The long way towards total defence

Jakub Jakóbowski, Kamil Kłysiński

The non-strategic partnership

Belarus-China relations

Michał Kędzierski, Rafał Bajczuk

The leader is gasping for breath

Germany's climate policy

Iwona Wiśniewska

Digitalisation under surveillance

The development of the 5G network in Russia

Kamil Kłysiński, Wojciech Konończuk

Opposites put together

Belarus's politics of memory

Michał Bogusz

Nine dashes

Beijing’s territorial claims in the South China Sea

Andrzej Sadecki

The long shadow of the Treaty of Trianon

Hungary's struggles with the past

Wojciech Górecki

The Gordian knot of the Caucasus

The conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh

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