A painful blow to Ukraine’s heating system. Day 1358 of the war

Analyses

Analyses of current affairs

• The risk of escalating tensions in Minsk-Moscow relations

• Russia and Turkey: leading towards a concert of powers in Syria

• The Berlin attack – another problem for Merkel

• Russia–Japan: No breakthrough on the Kuril Islands

• Oligarchs making gains: the costly nationalisation of Ukraine’s PrivatBank

• The CDU federal convention – fighting for the support of right-wing voters

• The European Commission’s winter package: the view from Germany

• The OPEC agreement: short-term benefits for Russia

Commentaries

In-depth analyses of current affairs

The NB8 group and other formats of security cooperation in the Baltic Sea region

Students vs the system – protest strategies in Serbia

Finding our bearings: tracking circumvention of EU dual-use sanctions on Russia

Germany: a significant drop in the number of asylum applications

A campaign without elections. Ukraine’s political landscape in the fourth year of the war

Russia’s budget under pressure from low oil prices