The Russians are destroying infrastructure in Odesa oblast. Day 1399 of the war

Analyses

Analyses of current affairs

• Putin meets Merkel in Meseberg

• The shortage of truck drivers is a problem to German industry

• Turkey-US: a diplomatic storm around an imprisoned clergyman

• Germany: new barriers for Chinese capital

• The second phase of the Armenian revolution. The arrest of former President Robert Kocharyan

• Romania: controversies over the extraction of Black Sea gas

• Protests against pension reform in Russia

• Tensions between Greece and Russia, with Macedonia in the background

Commentaries

In-depth analyses of current affairs

The Kaja Kallas era: Estonia’s high-profile diplomacy

The year of Péter Magyar: great expectations, great challenges

Slovakia’s depopulation: balancing support for children and senior citizens

The NB8 group and other formats of security cooperation in the Baltic Sea region

Students vs the system – protest strategies in Serbia

Finding our bearings: tracking circumvention of EU dual-use sanctions on Russia