A sham “energy truce”. Day 1441 of the war

Analyses

Analyses of current affairs

• The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Astana: in the shadow of Xi Jinping

• The conflict between Israel and Hezbollah threatens to escalate

• Putting on brave faces. Orbán’s visit to Kyiv

• The South Korean model of cooperation with Central Asian countries

• The first shells under the Czech initiative have arrived in Ukraine. Day 859 of the war

• Belarus: personnel changes in Lukashenka’s inner circle

• Ukraine opens accession negotiations with the EU

• The European Court of Human Rights: Russia is guilty of violations in occupied Crimea

Commentaries

In-depth analyses of current affairs

Romania, Bulgaria and Turkey in the Black Sea region: increased cooperation?

NATO summit in The Hague: Trump’s return and a two-component 5% of GDP on defence

Open code, closed system: the role of open source in China’s technological rivalry with the United States

Discipline and punish: how Turkey controls the internet

Croatia’s demographic crisis: how to address depopulation

The CDU/CSU–SPD government facing economic challenges