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

Analyses

Analyses of current affairs

• The Berlin conference on Libya: a successful investment for German diplomacy

• Germany: The central government strikes a deal with the federal states on phasing out coal

• Mikhail Mishustin, Russia’s new Prime Minister

• Putin’s address and the government’s resignation: the start of the succession process in Russia

• Russia playing on the Libyan conflict

• Turkey’s military mission in Libya

• Sanctions against Nord Stream 2 in the US defence budget

• No breakthrough at the Normandy Four summit in Paris

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