Russians are getting closer to capturing Pokrovsk and Vovchansk. Day 1378 of the war

Analyses

Analyses of current affairs

• Consolidating for victory: Putin’s address to the Federal Assembly

• Tamás Sulyok is elected Hungary’s president

• Voting with no alternative. Parliamentary and local ‘elections’ in Belarus

• More agreements on long-term support for Ukraine. Day 733 of the war

• Russia faces new sanctions on the second anniversary of its full-scale invasion

• Putin’s foreign legion. Foreigners fighting in the war with Ukraine

• Ukrainian forces withdraw from Avdiivka. Day 726 of the war

• Ukrainian media in the crosshairs of the secret services

Commentaries

In-depth analyses of current affairs

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

Germany: a significant drop in the number of asylum applications

A campaign without elections. Ukraine’s political landscape in the fourth year of the war

Russia’s budget under pressure from low oil prices