The Ukrainian army counterattacks near Kupiansk. Day 1392 of the war

Analyses

Analyses of current affairs

• New hopes, old risks: the prospects for settling the conflict in Donbas

• Romania: the ruling coalition’s disintegration and the game Ponta plays

• Wins for SPD in Brandenburg and CDU in Saxony. AfD the strongest opposition party

• Government of experts in Ukraine

• Russia: the rise and fall of the summer protests

• Kyrgyzstan: the arrest of a former president

• German discussion about moving US troops to Poland

• New US sanctions on Russia

Commentaries

In-depth analyses of current affairs

The Kaja Kallas era: Estonia’s high-profile diplomacy

The year of Péter Magyar: great expectations, great challenges

Slovakia’s depopulation: balancing support for children and senior citizens

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