Kyiv’s bridges in the crosshairs of Russian drones. Day 1686 of the war

Analyses

Analyses of current affairs

• SBU versus HUR: conflict between Ukraine’s security services

• Three days of calm in Kyiv. Day 1658 of the war

• Wartime economies of scale: €150 billion for defence in the EU’s 2028–2034 budget

• Ukraine: criminal group within the Prosecutor General’s Office

• Witkoff and Kushner in Moscow and Kyiv: White House resumes peace mediation

• Germany: AfD scores landslide victory in Saxony-Anhalt

• Moldova: taxation as a tool in reintegrating Transnistria

• Estonia: presidential election in the shadow of a political crisis

Commentaries

In-depth analyses of current affairs

Faster – lower – stronger: the policies of Fico’s fourth government in Slovakia

The Great Wall of Lights: the global impact of China’s distant-water fishing fleet

Technocratic renewal: main directions and prospects for Péter Magyar’s government policy

Rising tensions within Russia’s ruling elite: a mounting challenge for the Kremlin

Russia’s economy: heading towards recession?

A new Ostpolitik? Ukraine as a priority of the Merz government