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

Analyses

Analyses of current affairs

• Russia: the second wave of the fuel crisis

• A bridge too far? Ukraine’s operation to isolate Crimea

• Amendment to China’s National Defence Mobilisation Law

• 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

Commentaries

In-depth analyses of current affairs

Anything is possible: AfD sets its sights on power in Saxony-Anhalt

Magyar’s first 100 days in office: Hungary’s transformation gathers pace

Testing the limits: Russia’s regional budgets in wartime

Germany doubles down on gas: the next phase of the Energiewende

Between the hammer and the anvil: the challenges facing Ukraine’s local government in wartime

Catching the last train: Montenegro on the road to EU membership