An intensification of air strikes instead of an offensive. Day 1553 of the war

Analyses

Analyses of current affairs

• Three days of calm in the Ukrainian skies. Day 1175 of the war

• Consent to establishing the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine

• A feint from the Kremlin: Russian initiative for peace talks with Ukraine

• 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

Commentaries

In-depth analyses of current affairs

Sky-high ambitions of the Orbán government: Budapest’s air cargo boom

Forging a nationalist model army. The political prospects of the Azov Movement

OSW update. Hungary election, no. 1

Excessive dependence? The growing role of US LNG and oil in the EU market

An uncertain future for Rosatom’s nuclear technology exports

Seven lean years? Romania’s struggle with record high debt