A mutual ceasefire on Victory Day. Day 1539 of the war

Analyses

Analyses of current affairs

• Merz in Israel. (Un)conditional support?

• Bulgaria: government falls under pressure from public protests

• Dispute over peace: Ukraine between US pressure and Russian demands

• North Macedonia: European integration at a crossroads

• Germany’s military service reform: voluntarism at its core

• Russia added to the EU’s ‘blacklist’ of money-laundering jurisdictions

• EDIP: more cooperation in the European defence industry

• Belarusian balloons prompt emergency situation in Lithuania

Commentaries

In-depth analyses of current affairs

Seven lean years? Romania’s struggle with record high debt

The Trump administration and the Russia-Ukraine war: in search of an agreement with Moscow

The economies of the Baltic states: recession, stagnation and acceleration

Iran in crisis: the landscape after the Twelve-Day War

Closing ranks: Russia-China energy cooperation amid escalating confrontation with the West

Russia’s 2026 budget: mounting financial challenges and economic stagnation