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

Analyses

Analyses of current affairs

• Partial rerun of the Bundestag elections

• The left-liberal march forward: Pirc Musar is president of Slovenia

• Kherson is under Ukrainian control. 263rd day of the war

• Russians begin withdrawal from Kherson. 259th day of the war

• Cooperation in spite of everything. Scholz’s visit to China

• Kyiv is on the threshold of blackout. 256th day of the war

• 43% of Ukraine’s defence budget. 253rd day of the war

• Russia returns to the grain deal

Commentaries

In-depth analyses of current affairs

Sky-high ambitions of the Orbán government: Budapest’s air cargo boom

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