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

Analyses

Analyses of current affairs

• Ukraine: Germany is under increasing criticism

• The power of keeping calm. Ukraine in the face of Russia’s potential aggression

• The H2Global Foundation: an instrument of Germany’s external hydrogen policy

• Russia demonstrates its power in Belarus and on the oceans worldwide

• Transformation of Lukashenka’s system of government: the draft of Belarus’s new constitution

• Lithuania: a step towards allowing the original spelling of non-Lithuanian surnames

• Kazakhstan: work starts on dismantling the Nazarbayev system

• Blinken–Lavrov talks in Geneva: neither progress, nor break-off

Commentaries

In-depth analyses of current affairs

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

Closing ranks: Russia-China energy cooperation amid escalating confrontation with the West