An intensification of air strikes instead of an offensive. Day 1553 of the war

Analyses

Analyses of current affairs

• Sweden and the erosion of the nuclear taboo

• Assertiveness in retreat. Merz visits China

• US and Israeli strikes on Iran: an attempt to engineer regime change

• Protests in Serbia: the government and its opponents close ranks

• Turkey and nuclear weapons: playing a game of strategic ambiguity

• No breakthrough as planned: the current state of Russia-Belarus integration

• Lithuania: towards the normalisation of relations with China

• The Russians are advancing towards Sloviansk and Kramatorsk. Day 1462 of the war

Commentaries

In-depth analyses of current affairs

Sky-high ambitions of the Orbán government: Budapest’s air cargo boom

Forging a nationalist model army. The political prospects of the Azov Movement

OSW update. Hungary election, no. 1

Excessive dependence? The growing role of US LNG and oil in the EU market

An uncertain future for Rosatom’s nuclear technology exports

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