Sloviansk has become a combat zone. Day 1644 of the war

Analyses

Analyses of current affairs

• A ‘new’ opening: Russia officially recognises the Taliban regime

• America First: US halts arms deliveries to Ukraine

• The Bundestag adopts a tax relief package for business

• Another stage of the crisis between Baku and Moscow

• Armenia: a power struggle between the throne and the altar, with Russia in the shadows

• Germany: post-election reckoning in the SPD

• Russians enter Dnipropetrovsk region. Day 1224 of the war

• Modi visits Zagreb: Croatia’s dreams of a Mediterranean hub

Commentaries

In-depth analyses of current affairs

Stable stagnation: Hungary’s economic standing after 16 years of Orbán’s rule

More than life at stake: the uncertain future of the Kadyrov regime in Chechnya

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