A painful blow to Ukraine’s heating system. Day 1358 of the war

Analyses

Analyses of current affairs

• Sweden: reinventing total defence and a proactive stance in NATO

• Russians and North Koreans pushing Ukrainians out of Kursk Oblast. Day 1028 of the war

• Georgia: presidential election amidst intense protests

• Bulgaria and Romania join the Schengen Area: no more ‘second-class membership’

• Centre-left government forms government in Lithuania

• Moldova: an impending energy crisis and its political implications

• Croatia sets conditions for Montenegro’s accession to the EU

• Turkey’s reaction to the fall of al-Assad: opportunities and challenges

Commentaries

In-depth analyses of current affairs

The NB8 group and other formats of security cooperation in the Baltic Sea region

Students vs the system – protest strategies in Serbia

Finding our bearings: tracking circumvention of EU dual-use sanctions on Russia

Germany: a significant drop in the number of asylum applications

A campaign without elections. Ukraine’s political landscape in the fourth year of the war

Russia’s budget under pressure from low oil prices