The Ukrainian army counterattacks near Kupiansk. Day 1392 of the war

Analyses

Analyses of current affairs

• Turkmenistan begins the construction of a gas pipeline to Pakistan and India

• A lifeline for Ukraine from the IMF

• The constitutional referendum in Armenia: the institutionalisation of the oligarchy

• Iraq – a new front for Turkey?

• Russia’s crisis budget for 2016

• The political crisis in Kosovo – the growing resistance to a deal with Serbia

• The summit of the European Council and the prime minister of Turkey on the migration crisis

• Azerbaijan’s government strikes at the Shiite opposition

Commentaries

In-depth analyses of current affairs

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

Germany: a significant drop in the number of asylum applications