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

Analyses

Analyses of current affairs

• A new stage in the war in Syria proves a challenge for Turkey

• The Czech Republic before the second round of the presidential elections

• Tension between Kosovo and the USA

• Georgia: controversial verdict on Saakashvili

• Bavaria: Orbán’s window onto Germany

• Ulyukaev is sentenced to 8 years in a penal colony: the Kremlin demonstrates its ruthlessness

• The SPD convention: green light given to coalition talks with the Christian Democrats

• Erdoğan in Greece: a historic visit with revisionism in the background

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