Crimea’s supply route at risk. Day 1581 of the war

Analyses

Analyses of current affairs

• Fourth Plenum of the Central Committee of the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party: major purges in the military and within the party

• The European Council greenlights greater EU involvement in strengthening military capabilities

• Rivalry between state services: the fight for control over combating corruption in Ukraine

• Trump’s first sanctions, the EU’s 19th sanctions package: the West increases the pressure on Russia

• Global shipping operator MSC is building bridgeheads in western Ukraine

• Azerbaijan lifts transit blockade to Armenia: a step towards lasting peace

• Russia’s new migration policy concept – security at the core

• US sanctions against Serbian oil company NIS

Commentaries

In-depth analyses of current affairs

Relative stabilisation: Ukraine’s economy on the threshold of the fifth year of war

A grim reality and a brighter future: Ukrainian public sentiment in the fifth year of the war

OSW update. Hungary election, no. 2

Year four of the war: the front stabilises, negotiations stall

Sometimes it is better not to talk. Pitfalls of potential dialogue between Europe and Russia

Trump’s deportation policy: electoral consequences and social tensions