New Year slowdown on the front. Day 1412 of the war

Analyses

Analyses of current affairs

• Russia’s blackmail of the West

• The already high prices continue to rise on the European gas market

• Eastern Partnership Summit: Kyiv's growing disappointment

• Business in Russia – domestic instead of international arbitration

• Reinforcing the frontier: the Baltic states’ Armed Forces in border protection tasks

• An unprecedentedly intense beginning to the Russian Armed Forces’ winter training period

• The Biden-Putin video conference: dialogue, but no breakthrough

• Ukraine prepares for limited conflict with Russia

Commentaries

In-depth analyses of current affairs

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

The NB8 group and other formats of security cooperation in the Baltic Sea region

Students vs the system – protest strategies in Serbia