An intensification of air strikes instead of an offensive. Day 1553 of the war

Analyses

Analyses of current affairs

• Hungary closer to obtaining recovery funds, but still not guaranteed

• Russians approach Bakhmut. 291st day of the war

• Russia’s ‘war’ budget for 2023–2025

• Not a one step back. Repression continues in Belarus

• Qatar is to start natural gas supplies to Germany

• Moldova diversifies gas import sources

• Russian independent TV station Dozhd loses Latvian broadcasting license

• The TAL is expanding: the Czech Republic is gaining independence from Russian oil supplies

Commentaries

In-depth analyses of current affairs

Sky-high ambitions of the Orbán government: Budapest’s air cargo boom

Forging a nationalist model army. The political prospects of the Azov Movement

OSW update. Hungary election, no. 1

Excessive dependence? The growing role of US LNG and oil in the EU market

An uncertain future for Rosatom’s nuclear technology exports

Seven lean years? Romania’s struggle with record high debt