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

Analyses

Analyses of current affairs

• Romania: the radical right’s unexpected success in the first round of the presidential election

• Ukraine: another difficult wartime budget

• Kremlin escalates threats against the West

• Abkhazia: the parastate’s leader steps down

• Georgia: awaiting a turning point

• Ukraine gets ‘green light’ to attack Russian territory with Western-made missiles

• In a cool climate: controversy over the COP29 conference in Baku

• The Russians are again destroying Ukraine’s energy sector. Day 1000 of the war

Commentaries

In-depth analyses of current affairs

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

The Trump administration and the Russia-Ukraine war: in search of an agreement with Moscow