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

Analyses

Analyses of current affairs

• Zelensky visits the US: a diplomatic failure rather than a ‘victory plan’

• Ukrainians destroy Russian ammunition depots. Day 943 of the war

• Success for the SPD in Brandenburg

• 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

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