The Russians are flanking Huliaipole. Day 1371 of the war

Analyses

Analyses of current affairs

• The Pokrovsk agglomeration in operational encirclement. Day 1350 of the war

• Kudrytskyi’s arrest: an attempt to intimidate representatives of the state apparatus in Ukraine

• A drifting island: Ankara on changes in the so-called Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus

• A technocrat for tough times? Moldova’s new government

• Barriers to a ‘pragmatic policy’ towards Turkey: Chancellor Merz in Ankara

• Derogation of Rosneft’s German assets from US sanctions

• Lithuania closes its border with Belarus for a month

• Russian soldiers in the centre of Pokrovsk. Day 1343 of the war

Commentaries

In-depth analyses of current affairs

Putin’s elite divides the spoils in Russia: large-scale nationalisation and re-privatisation of assets

A nationalist voice of protest: the resurgence of radical parties in Bulgaria

Long live youth! Demography of Central Asian states

Fuelling defence: expanding NATO’s pipeline system to the eastern flank

A trusted ally? Denmark’s involvement in helping Ukraine

More continuity than change: the Merz government’s Energiewende