The Russians are destroying infrastructure in Odesa oblast. Day 1399 of the war

Analyses

Analyses of current affairs

• Russia’s presidency of the Arctic Council: Multilateralism à la russe

• Pratasievich kidnapped: Lukashenka's brutal game

• The legalisation of terror. The Belarusian regime expands the legal basis for repression

• Nord Stream 2 AG exempted from US sanctions

• Lukashenka’s ‘legacy’: a step towards the collegial governance

• Troops withdrawing? Russian forces still on Ukraine’s borders

• Controversy over the construction of a Chinese university campus in Budapest

• The US President has recognised the 1915 genocide of Armenians

Commentaries

In-depth analyses of current affairs

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

Finding our bearings: tracking circumvention of EU dual-use sanctions on Russia