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Destructions in Toretsk

Russian progress on key front lines. Day 1056 of the war

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Commentaries

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B-61 bomb rack

NATO’s nuclear deterrence: is it time for change?

Vladimir Putin

The capitulation of Ukraine and the Finlandisation of Europe: Russia’s threats and ‘offers’

Dülmen, Baustelle IGZ

Engaging the private sector. Germany’s plan for the reconstruction of Ukraine

Wind Farm in Guangling County, Shanxi

China on the road to ‘green’ energy security

Plakat wyborczy

Elections to the European Parliament: the beginning of an electoral marathon in Germany

Ilham Aliyev watched the opening ceremony of the 2019 Formula-1

Azerbaijan in 2024: dizzy with success

Soldiers on the front line

Ukrainians try to regain initiative in Kursk Oblast. Day 1049 of the war

Зміївська ТЕС

Another Russian strike on Ukraine’s energy sector. Day 1041 of the war

Village of Dvorichna on Kupiansk axis

Russians build bridgeheads on the Oskil River and the Dnipro. Day 1034 of the war

Reports

In-depth analyses of long-term processes

Anna Kwiatkowska

Strangers like us

Germans in the search for a new identity

Justyna Gotkowska

A European Defence Union?

The EU's new instruments in the area of security and defence

Marek Menkiszak

A strategic continuation, a tactical change

Russia’s European security policy

Maria Domańska, Szymon Kardaś, Marek Menkiszak, Jadwiga Rogoża, Andrzej Wilk, Iwona Wiśniewska, Piotr Żochowski

Fortress Kaliningrad

Ever closer to Moscow

Maria Domańska

Putinism after Putin

The deep structures of Russian authoritarianism

Michał Bogusz, Jakub Jakóbowski

The Chinese Communist Party and its state

Xi Jinping's conservative turn

Krzysztof Dębiec

A country with non-existent unemployment

The special characteristics of the Czech labour market

Krzysztof Dębiec, Jakub Groszkowski

Frustration and hope

Slovakia after Kuciak's murder

Jadwiga Rogoża

Excess cultural baggage

Social mobilisation in an authoritarian Russia

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