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

Analyses

Analyses of current affairs

• Fourth Plenum of the Central Committee of the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party: major purges in the military and within the party

• The European Council greenlights greater EU involvement in strengthening military capabilities

• Rivalry between state services: the fight for control over combating corruption in Ukraine

• Trump’s first sanctions, the EU’s 19th sanctions package: the West increases the pressure on Russia

• Global shipping operator MSC is building bridgeheads in western Ukraine

• Azerbaijan lifts transit blockade to Armenia: a step towards lasting peace

• Russia’s new migration policy concept – security at the core

• US sanctions against Serbian oil company NIS

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