First exercises by the Ukrainian support force contingent. Day 1,721 of the war

Analyses

Analyses of current affairs

• Turkey: opportunities and challenges on the domestic gas market in 2024

• Cooperation – with limits. Putin in Uzbekistan

• Belarus: elections to the opposition parliament

• Georgia: the veto of the ‘law on agents’ is rejected

• The archbishop’s revolt: the culmination of anti-government protests in Armenia

• Russian terrorist attacks on Kharkiv. Day 824 of the war

• Lithuania: record support for Gitanas Nausėda

• The latest Putin-Lukashenka meeting: continuing the policy of confrontation with the West

Commentaries

In-depth analyses of current affairs

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

High unemployment and labour shortages: paradoxes in Ukraine’s wartime labour market

The war in the Gulf and the challenges facing EU energy policy

Opening Pandora’s box? Instability in the Persian Gulf as a risk factor for global transport and supply chains

Build with Ukraine: Kyiv’s new approach to defence industrial cooperation with European partners

All quiet on the Eastern front: China’s economy after a year of trade war