Russians are getting closer to capturing Pokrovsk and Vovchansk. Day 1378 of the war

Analyses

Analyses of current affairs

• Merkel strengthened China in Japan

• The collapse of Ukraine’s foreign trade

• Amendment to the Russian budget for 2015: an attempt to maintain the status quo

• President Iohannis’s first steps in foreign policy – how much change, how much continuation?

• The end of politics in Armenia

• The ‘Nemtsov operation’ as a manifestation of the oprichnina today

• The parliamentary elections in Estonia

• The Bundestag has approved a further tranche of Greek aid

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