Ukraine strikes Russian fuel terminals on the Baltic coast. Day 1497 of the war

Analyses

Analyses of current affairs

• Dispute over peace: Ukraine between US pressure and Russian demands

• North Macedonia: European integration at a crossroads

• Germany’s military service reform: voluntarism at its core

• Russia added to the EU’s ‘blacklist’ of money-laundering jurisdictions

• EDIP: more cooperation in the European defence industry

• Belarusian balloons prompt emergency situation in Lithuania

• Severe Russian attacks on Ukrainian power plants. Day 1385 of the war

• The new US National Security Strategy: a manifesto for a sovereign America in a multipolar world

Commentaries

In-depth analyses of current affairs

At the monopolist’s mercy: Germany’s dependence on Chinese rare earth elements

Methodical elimination. Efforts to dismantle the local government system in Russia

Parliamentary elections in the Czech Republic: Babiš on the verge of returning to power

A fragile future: decarbonisation of Germany’s steel sector

The three special cases: demographic processes in the South Caucasus

Help from the Far East: Japan’s support for Ukraine