A unilateral ‘energy truce’? Day 1693 of the war

Analyses

Analyses of current affairs

• China-Russia trade: asymmetrical, yet indispensable 

• The European Commission’s plan for abandoning Russian energy imports

• Low oil prices are forcing Russia to revise its 2025 budget

• Friedrich Merz elected Germany’s Chancellor in the second round of voting

• The Ukraine–US agreement on minerals

• Romania: coalition crisis resulting from the first round of the presidential election

• Massive Ukrainian attacks on Crimea. Day 1168 of the war

• Germany: counterintelligence designates the AfD as an extremist party

Commentaries

In-depth analyses of current affairs

All quiet on the Eastern front: China’s economy after a year of trade war

Latvia’s bitter success: a state locked in a cycle of polarisation

The president’s new clothes: Bulgaria ahead of parliamentary elections

OSW update. Hungary election, no. 5

Racing against the next winter: Ukraine’s energy sector after the heating season

Gains amid mounting challenges: the consequences of the war in Iran for Russia