Devastating Russian attacks on energy infrastructure. Day 1700 of the war

Analyses

Analyses of current affairs

• Ukrainian attacks on Russian fuel infrastructure. Day 1532 of the war

• Germany: plans to lift permanent border controls with Luxembourg

• Rule of law concerns in Albania: an obstacle to EU accession

• Kosovo: dissolution of parliament

• Putin–Trump phone call: no shift in either side’s position

• Russia is expanding the area under its control around Vovchansk. Day 1525 of the war

• Romania: breakup of the grand coalition and a new phase of the political crisis

• Estonia: assessments of the Russian threat cause friction between Tallinn and Kyiv

Commentaries

In-depth analyses of current affairs

Build with Ukraine: Kyiv’s new approach to defence industrial cooperation with European partners

All quiet on the Eastern front: China’s economy after a year of trade war

Latvia’s bitter success: a state locked in a cycle of polarisation

The president’s new clothes: Bulgaria ahead of parliamentary elections

OSW update. Hungary election, no. 5

Racing against the next winter: Ukraine’s energy sector after the heating season