A sham “energy truce”. Day 1441 of the war

Analyses

Analyses of current affairs

• Russians and North Koreans pushing Ukrainians out of Kursk Oblast. Day 1028 of the war

• Georgia: presidential election amidst intense protests

• Bulgaria and Romania join the Schengen Area: no more ‘second-class membership’

• Centre-left government forms government in Lithuania

• Moldova: an impending energy crisis and its political implications

• Croatia sets conditions for Montenegro’s accession to the EU

• Turkey’s reaction to the fall of al-Assad: opportunities and challenges

• Russia moves to cut off Ukrainian logistics in the Donbas. Day 1021 of the war

Commentaries

In-depth analyses of current affairs

Romania, Bulgaria and Turkey in the Black Sea region: increased cooperation?

NATO summit in The Hague: Trump’s return and a two-component 5% of GDP on defence

Open code, closed system: the role of open source in China’s technological rivalry with the United States

Discipline and punish: how Turkey controls the internet

Croatia’s demographic crisis: how to address depopulation

The CDU/CSU–SPD government facing economic challenges