A devastating blow to Kyiv’s energy infrastructure. Day 1406 of the war

Analyses

Analyses of current affairs

• The Ukrainians have established a bridgehead on the Dnieper’s left bank. Day 488 of the war

• Tightening restrictions: the EU’s eleventh package of sanctions against Russia

• Prigozhin defeated, the Kremlin weakened

• Kazakhstan is set to supply oil to Germany

• Ukrainians damage the Chonhar bridge. Day 484 of the war

• Russia intensifies its nuclear blackmail

• The Franco-German dispute over China’s electric vehicle expansion in the EU

• France against Germany’s European Sky Shield Initiative

Commentaries

In-depth analyses of current affairs

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

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