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

Analyses

Analyses of current affairs

• Germany: attempt to circumvent US sanctions on Nord Stream 2

• US Army in Lithuania: a new outpost on the eastern flank

• Kyrgyzstan: Japarov and the presidential republic victorious

• Bulgaria blocks accession negotiations with North Macedonia

• Belarus: Partial border closure

• Port Sudan: Russia’s window on Africa?

• The Czech fiscal reform: a major income tax cut

• Russian vaccines: a production bottleneck

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