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

Analyses

Analyses of current affairs

• Transformation of Lukashenka’s system of government: the draft of Belarus’s new constitution

• Lithuania: a step towards allowing the original spelling of non-Lithuanian surnames

• Kazakhstan: work starts on dismantling the Nazarbayev system

• Blinken–Lavrov talks in Geneva: neither progress, nor break-off

• More continuity than change. Germany’s response to Russian demands and the future of NS2

• The anti-Western narrative in Belarus’s historical policy becomes harsher

• Czech Republic: disputes over farm support strategy

• Energy prices surge in Germany

Commentaries

In-depth analyses of current affairs

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

The Kaja Kallas era: Estonia’s high-profile diplomacy