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

Analyses

Analyses of current affairs

• Another Russian strike on Ukraine’s energy sector. Day 1041 of the war

• The Azerbaijani aircraft crash: Moscow comes under pressure from Baku

• Russians build bridgeheads on the Oskil River and the Dnipro. Day 1034 of the war

• Attack in Magdeburg: boost for AfD and CDU/CSU in the election campaign

• Protests in Serbia: a crack in Vučić’s system of political dominance

• Slovakia’s actions in preparation for the expiry of the Ukrainian-Russian transit agreement

• The prospect of losing Pokrovsk – a blow to Ukraine’s metallurgical sector

• Sweden: reinventing total defence and a proactive stance in NATO

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