An intensification of air strikes instead of an offensive. Day 1553 of the war

Analyses

Analyses of current affairs

• The Baltic states respond to incidents involving Ukrainian drones

• The SPD’s defeat in the Rhineland-Palatinate election will intensify tensions within the German federal government

• Parliamentary elections in Slovenia: a close result with a slight advantage for the Freedom Movement

• The Russians are building their own Starlink system. Day 1490 of the war

• Iran after three weeks of war: a paradoxical advantage in a war of attrition

• Georgia after the Patriarch’s death: greater state involvement in the Church?

• In line for the throne: preparing for a transfer of power in Turkey

• Kazakhstan’s new constitution: preparations for succession and the façade of democratisation

Commentaries

In-depth analyses of current affairs

Sky-high ambitions of the Orbán government: Budapest’s air cargo boom

Forging a nationalist model army. The political prospects of the Azov Movement

OSW update. Hungary election, no. 1

Excessive dependence? The growing role of US LNG and oil in the EU market

An uncertain future for Rosatom’s nuclear technology exports

Seven lean years? Romania’s struggle with record high debt