Sloviansk has become a combat zone. Day 1644 of the war

Analyses

Analyses of current affairs

• Consent to establishing the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine

• A feint from the Kremlin: Russian initiative for peace talks with Ukraine

• China-Russia trade: asymmetrical, yet indispensable 

• The European Commission’s plan for abandoning Russian energy imports

• Low oil prices are forcing Russia to revise its 2025 budget

• Friedrich Merz elected Germany’s Chancellor in the second round of voting

• The Ukraine–US agreement on minerals

• Romania: coalition crisis resulting from the first round of the presidential election

Commentaries

In-depth analyses of current affairs

Stable stagnation: Hungary’s economic standing after 16 years of Orbán’s rule

More than life at stake: the uncertain future of the Kadyrov regime in Chechnya

Patience wears thin as Ukraine adopts a harder line on China

Turkey’s LNG game amid the war in the Middle East

Chaos is a blessing: the attack on Iran and the future of sanctions on Russian oil

OSW update. Hungary election, no. 3