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

Analyses

Analyses of current affairs

• The prospect of losing Pokrovsk – a blow to Ukraine’s metallurgical sector

• Sweden: reinventing total defence and a proactive stance in NATO

• Russians and North Koreans pushing Ukrainians out of Kursk Oblast. Day 1028 of the war

• Georgia: presidential election amidst intense protests

• Bulgaria and Romania join the Schengen Area: no more ‘second-class membership’

• Centre-left government forms government in Lithuania

• Moldova: an impending energy crisis and its political implications

• Croatia sets conditions for Montenegro’s accession to the EU

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