Devastating Russian attacks on the capital’s energy infrastructure. Day 1427 of the war

Analyses

Analyses of current affairs

• Acquiring resources and legitimising the partnership: Scholz’s visit to Central Asia

• The New European Commission: security and defence in the hands of a Baltic duo

• Russians counterattack in Kursk Oblast. Day 936 of the war

• ‘Doppelgänger’: the pattern of Russia’s anti-Western influence operation

• The crisis at Volkswagen presents a significant political challenge for the German government

• Germany: controversy over border deportations

• Russians shell Poltava. Day 929 of the war

• Better from Russia than via Croatia: the future of oil supplies to Hungary and Slovakia

Commentaries

In-depth analyses of current affairs

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

The year of Péter Magyar: great expectations, great challenges

Slovakia’s depopulation: balancing support for children and senior citizens