Russians are getting closer to capturing Pokrovsk and Vovchansk. Day 1378 of the war

Analyses

Analyses of current affairs

• The limits of integration. Germany is a brake on the finalisation of the banking union

• The beginning of a long journey. Ukraine and Moldova as EU candidate countries

• NATO enlargement: Sweden and Finland facing Turkish objections

• Russia’s attack on Ukraine: day 120

• Russia’s attack on Ukraine: day 117

• Belarus receives limited economic support from Russia

• Abolition of Polish education in Belarus

• Russia: worse forecasts for LNG exports

Commentaries

In-depth analyses of current affairs

The NB8 group and other formats of security cooperation in the Baltic Sea region

Students vs the system – protest strategies in Serbia

Finding our bearings: tracking circumvention of EU dual-use sanctions on Russia

Germany: a significant drop in the number of asylum applications

A campaign without elections. Ukraine’s political landscape in the fourth year of the war

Russia’s budget under pressure from low oil prices