Ukraine deals a blow against shipping in the Sea of Azov. Day 1602 of the war

Analyses

Analyses of current affairs

• A painful blow to Ukraine’s heating system. Day 1358 of the war

• Praise from Brussels: Ukraine and Moldova make progress on the path to the EU

• Pragmatism beyond divides: Central Asia’s engagement with Afghanistan

• Latvia’s governing coalition is falling apart: a dispute over the Istanbul Convention

• Short conscription period, big ambitions: Croatia reinstates compulsory military service

• The Trump–Xi meeting. A fragile truce on unclear conditions

• 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

Commentaries

In-depth analyses of current affairs

OSW update. Hungary election, no. 3

The dismantling of the Kurdish quasi-state: a new stage in Syria’s post-war transformation

Relative stabilisation: Ukraine’s economy on the threshold of the fifth year of war

A grim reality and a brighter future: Ukrainian public sentiment in the fifth year of the war

OSW update. Hungary election, no. 2

Year four of the war: the front stabilises, negotiations stall