State of emergency in Crimea. Day 1588 of the war

Analyses

Analyses of current affairs

• Romania: the radical right’s unexpected success in the first round of the presidential election

• Ukraine: another difficult wartime budget

• Kremlin escalates threats against the West

• Abkhazia: the parastate’s leader steps down

• Georgia: awaiting a turning point

• Ukraine gets ‘green light’ to attack Russian territory with Western-made missiles

• In a cool climate: controversy over the COP29 conference in Baku

• The Russians are again destroying Ukraine’s energy sector. Day 1000 of the war

Commentaries

In-depth analyses of current affairs

OSW update. Hungary election, no. 3

The dismantling of the Kurdish quasi-state: a new stage in Syria’s post-war transformation

Relative stabilisation: Ukraine’s economy on the threshold of the fifth year of war

A grim reality and a brighter future: Ukrainian public sentiment in the fifth year of the war

OSW update. Hungary election, no. 2

Year four of the war: the front stabilises, negotiations stall