Ukrainian attacks on Russian fuel infrastructure. Day 1532 of the war

Analyses

Analyses of current affairs

• 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

• Russians shell Poltava. Day 929 of the war

• Better from Russia than via Croatia: the future of oil supplies to Hungary and Slovakia

Commentaries

In-depth analyses of current affairs

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

The economies of the Baltic states: recession, stagnation and acceleration

Iran in crisis: the landscape after the Twelve-Day War

Closing ranks: Russia-China energy cooperation amid escalating confrontation with the West

Russia’s 2026 budget: mounting financial challenges and economic stagnation