The Ukrainians are overwhelming Moscow’s air defence. Day 1672 of the war

Analyses

Analyses of current affairs

• 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

• Challenges in filling EU gas storage facilities ahead of winter

• Germany accuses Russia of attempted attack at Leipzig Airport

Commentaries

In-depth analyses of current affairs

Waiting for reforms: the future of the German welfare state

Deeper reconciliation or reopening old wounds? Controversy over the gathering of the German expellee association in the Czech Republic

Armenia ahead of the election: between Russia and the West

Faster – lower – stronger: the policies of Fico’s fourth government in Slovakia

The Great Wall of Lights: the global impact of China’s distant-water fishing fleet

Technocratic renewal: main directions and prospects for Péter Magyar’s government policy