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

Analyses

Analyses of current affairs

• Threatening a pivot towards Asia: a new Foreign Policy Concept of the Russian Federation

• Germany: a budget anticipating harder times

• The new government in Estonia

• Further tensions between Turkey and the EU

• Angela Merkel is the CDU’s candidate for chancellor

• Russia is ever closer to building a nuclear power plant in Hungary

• Germany on Trump’s future policies: fear of anti-globalisation

• President Radev: a time of political changes in Bulgaria

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