Ukraine strikes Russian fuel terminals on the Baltic coast. Day 1497 of the war

Analyses

Analyses of current affairs

• Rising tensions between Croatia and Hungary against the backdrop of energy dispute

• Against the backdrop of war. The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Samarkand

• Conditionality mechanism: Hungary facing the threat of withheld EU funds

• Germany: third relief package for the energy crisis

• Lukashenka’s anti-Polish speech on the occasion of National Unity Day

• Fighting on the Kyrgyz-Tajik border

• Slowdown on the frontline. War after 207 days

• Ukraine consolidates in Kharkiv Oblast. War after 204 days

Commentaries

In-depth analyses of current affairs

Dialogue from a position of strength: China’s EU policy

At the monopolist’s mercy: Germany’s dependence on Chinese rare earth elements

Methodical elimination. Efforts to dismantle the local government system in Russia

Parliamentary elections in the Czech Republic: Babiš on the verge of returning to power

A fragile future: decarbonisation of Germany’s steel sector

The three special cases: demographic processes in the South Caucasus