The Russians are regrouping their forces. Day 1434 of the war

Analyses

Analyses of current affairs

• 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

• New political protests in Moscow and the government’s harsh response

• Ukraine: Servant of the People wins an outright majority

Commentaries

In-depth analyses of current affairs

NATO summit in The Hague: Trump’s return and a two-component 5% of GDP on defence

Open code, closed system: the role of open source in China’s technological rivalry with the United States

Discipline and punish: how Turkey controls the internet

Croatia’s demographic crisis: how to address depopulation

The CDU/CSU–SPD government facing economic challenges

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