A mutual ceasefire on Victory Day. Day 1539 of the war

Analyses

Analyses of current affairs

• Short conscription period, big ambitions: Croatia reinstates compulsory military service

• The Trump–Xi meeting. A fragile truce on unclear conditions

• The Pokrovsk agglomeration in operational encirclement. Day 1350 of the war

• Kudrytskyi’s arrest: an attempt to intimidate representatives of the state apparatus in Ukraine

• A drifting island: Ankara on changes in the so-called Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus

• A technocrat for tough times? Moldova’s new government

• Barriers to a ‘pragmatic policy’ towards Turkey: Chancellor Merz in Ankara

• Derogation of Rosneft’s German assets from US sanctions

Commentaries

In-depth analyses of current affairs

Excessive dependence? The growing role of US LNG and oil in the EU market

An uncertain future for Rosatom’s nuclear technology exports

Seven lean years? Romania’s struggle with record high debt

The Trump administration and the Russia-Ukraine war: in search of an agreement with Moscow

The economies of the Baltic states: recession, stagnation and acceleration

Iran in crisis: the landscape after the Twelve-Day War