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

Analyses

Analyses of current affairs

• Russia’s ostentatious return to Uzbekistan

• Moldova: Turkey as an alternative to the EU?

• Finland: the fight against disinformation

• The US intends to quit the INF treaty

• Bulgaria: consequences of the murder of journalist Viktoria Marinova

• Relations severed between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople: the prospect of a new schism

• Local election in Bavaria – failure for the CSU and the SPD, a triumph for the Green Party

• The Ecumenical Patriarchate recognises the independence of the Orthodox metropolis of Kiev

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