Devastating Russian attacks on the capital’s energy infrastructure. Day 1427 of the war

Analyses

Analyses of current affairs

• Germany: the Constitutional Court deprives the government of €60 billion earmarked for transformation

• Reassurance, but no breakthrough. The Sino-US summit in San Francisco

• The spectre of deficit: Ukraine’s third war budget

• Germany: Law on the financing of party foundations

• Russian missiles strike Kyiv again. Day 628 of the war

• Macron in Central Asia: the rise of French ambitions in the region

• The United States steps up its sanctions against Russia

• Slovakia suspends its military support to Ukraine. Day 623 of the war

Commentaries

In-depth analyses of current affairs

Open code, closed system: the role of open source in China’s technological rivalry with the United States

Discipline and punish: how Turkey controls the internet

Croatia’s demographic crisis: how to address depopulation

The CDU/CSU–SPD government facing economic challenges

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

The year of Péter Magyar: great expectations, great challenges