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

Analyses

Analyses of current affairs

• Friedrich Merz’s foreign policy – opening protocol

• Ukraine deals blow to Russian strategic aviation. Day 1196 of the war

• Germany: border returns ruled unlawful

• Meeting in Istanbul: The Kremlin’s maximalist demands

• Imperfect balance: the EU’s defence loan mechanism (SAFE)

• Russia resumes large-scale air strikes on Ukraine. Day 1189 of the war

• Breaking the deadlock: the EU-UK security and defence partnership

• Seventeenth package of EU sanctions against Russia: a signal to Moscow and Washington

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