A sham “energy truce”. Day 1441 of the war

Analyses

Analyses of current affairs

• Election in Mecklenburg: a yellow card for Merkel

• Gas auctions: a new instrument in Gazprom’s policy

• Russia’s ‘Niinistö Plan’

• Turkey intervenes in Syria under the umbrella of Russia

• A significant fall in support for Merkel

• The deteriorating military situation in the Donbas

• Germany: the consequences of the attacks involving immigrants

• Threat of chaos in Armenia

Commentaries

In-depth analyses of current affairs

NATO summit in The Hague: Trump’s return and a two-component 5% of GDP on defence

Open code, closed system: the role of open source in China’s technological rivalry with the United States

Discipline and punish: how Turkey controls the internet

Croatia’s demographic crisis: how to address depopulation

The CDU/CSU–SPD government facing economic challenges

The Kaja Kallas era: Estonia’s high-profile diplomacy