Ukrainian attacks on Russian logistics hubs. Day 1616 of the war

Analyses

Analyses of current affairs

• Derogation of Rosneft’s German assets from US sanctions

• Lithuania closes its border with Belarus for a month

• Russian soldiers in the centre of Pokrovsk. Day 1343 of the war

• 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

Commentaries

In-depth analyses of current affairs

Patience wears thin as Ukraine adopts a harder line on China

Turkey’s LNG game amid the war in the Middle East

Chaos is a blessing: the attack on Iran and the future of sanctions on Russian oil

OSW update. Hungary election, no. 3

The dismantling of the Kurdish quasi-state: a new stage in Syria’s post-war transformation

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