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Analyses | | Lidia Gibadło, Karol Wasilewski

Barriers to a pragmatic policy towards Turkey Chancellor Merz in Ankara

On 30 October, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz paid his first visit to Ankara since taking office. During a press conference with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, he highlighted Turkey’s important role at a time when global powers…
Analyses | | Michał Kędzierski

Derogation of Rosnefts German assets from US sanctions

On 29 October, the United States temporarily (until 29 April 2026) exempted the Germany-registered Rosneft Deutschland (RND) and RN Refining & Marketing (RNRM) from sanctions imposed a week earlier on Russia’s largest oil companies (…
Analyses | | Lidia Gibadło, Jacek Tarociński

Drones over Germany – plugging legislative and technical gaps

At the beginning of October, unidentified drones were spotted over Munich Airport, disrupting operations at the facility for several hours. This was yet another incident of its kind in recent weeks. At the end of September, drones were…
Analyses | | Andrzej Wilk, Piotr Żochowski

Mutual attacks on border energy infrastructure Day 1322 of the war

Analyses | | Andrzej Wilk, Piotr Żochowski

The Russians are surrounding Siversk Day 1315 of the war

Analyses | | Aleksandra Kozaczyńska

Germanys budget increased investment and debt

After nine months of operating under a provisional financial plan, on 18 September the Bundestag adopted the federal budget for 2025. The delay was a consequence of the collapse of the SPD–Greens–FDP government in autumn 2024, triggered by…
Analyses | | Andrzej Wilk, Piotr Żochowski

Death of 24 civilians in Donetsk Oblast Day 1301 of the war

Analyses | | Jacek Tarociński, Andrzej Kohut, Piotr Szymański

Consequences of the discontinuation of the Baltic Security Initiative by the Trump administration

On 5 September, citing an anonymous White House source, the Financial Times reported that the Trump administration’s budget proposal for fiscal year 2026 (1 October 2025 – 30 September 2026) does not envisage continued funding for the…
Analyses | | Anna Kwiatkowska

The outline of the Merz doctrine Germany as a global player

On 8 September, Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU) opened the annual ambassadors’ conference in Berlin identifying security and the competitiveness of the Federal Republic of Germany as priorities amid the systemic conflict between liberal…
Analyses | | Lidia Gibadło, Kamil Frymark

German soldiers on a peacekeeping mission in Ukraine a test of public support

Following a meeting of European leaders with Presidents Volodymyr Zelensky and Donald Trump in Washington (see ‘Washington summit: a tactical success for Ukraine’), Friedrich Merz declared Germany’s readiness to participate in