Russia’s frontline advances slowing. Day 1560 of the war

Analyses

Analyses of current affairs

• Russia strikes Ukraine with strategic missile. Day 1007 of the war

• Romania: the radical right’s unexpected success in the first round of the presidential election

• Ukraine: another difficult wartime budget

• Kremlin escalates threats against the West

• Abkhazia: the parastate’s leader steps down

• Georgia: awaiting a turning point

• Ukraine gets ‘green light’ to attack Russian territory with Western-made missiles

• In a cool climate: controversy over the COP29 conference in Baku

Commentaries

In-depth analyses of current affairs

Year four of the war: the front stabilises, negotiations stall

Sometimes it is better not to talk. Pitfalls of potential dialogue between Europe and Russia

Trump’s deportation policy: electoral consequences and social tensions

What counts is the present: Israel’s alliance with the European right

Sky-high ambitions of the Orbán government: Budapest’s air cargo boom

Forging a nationalist model army. The political prospects of the Azov Movement