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

Analyses

Analyses of current affairs

• The German initiative for arms control: time for dialogue with Russia

• Announcement of a breakthrough in Russian-Japanese relations

• The death of Karimov: the game for Uzbekistan

• Election in Mecklenburg: a yellow card for Merkel

• Gas auctions: a new instrument in Gazprom’s policy

• Russia’s ‘Niinistö Plan’

• Turkey intervenes in Syria under the umbrella of Russia

• A significant fall in support for Merkel

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