A unilateral ‘energy truce’? Day 1693 of the war

Analyses

Analyses of current affairs

• SBU versus HUR: conflict between Ukraine’s security services

• Three days of calm in Kyiv. Day 1658 of the war

• Wartime economies of scale: €150 billion for defence in the EU’s 2028–2034 budget

• Ukraine: criminal group within the Prosecutor General’s Office

• Witkoff and Kushner in Moscow and Kyiv: White House resumes peace mediation

• Germany: AfD scores landslide victory in Saxony-Anhalt

• Moldova: taxation as a tool in reintegrating Transnistria

• Estonia: presidential election in the shadow of a political crisis

Commentaries

In-depth analyses of current affairs

Russia’s economy: heading towards recession?

A new Ostpolitik? Ukraine as a priority of the Merz government

High unemployment and labour shortages: paradoxes in Ukraine’s wartime labour market

The war in the Gulf and the challenges facing EU energy policy

Opening Pandora’s box? Instability in the Persian Gulf as a risk factor for global transport and supply chains

Build with Ukraine: Kyiv’s new approach to defence industrial cooperation with European partners