New Year slowdown on the front. Day 1412 of the war

Analyses

Analyses of current affairs

• China’s military presence in Tajikistan

• Moldova: elections without hope

• The gas directive revision: EU law poses problems for Nord Stream 2

• Putin’s welfare address

• Paralysis of Slovakia’s Constitutional Court

• Hungary’s response to the offer to improve US-Hungarian relations

• Germany: the struggle for digital sovereignty

• Russia’s game of shadows around the INF

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