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

Analyses

Analyses of current affairs

• Steinmeier – a candidate for German president

• The Ulukayev case: stepping up the battle within the Russian elite

• Igor Dodon has won the presidential election in Moldova

• The Georgian Dream takes total control

• Estonia: the fall of the Rõivas cabinet and the end of isolation of the Centre Party

• The US presidential election: the view from Germany

• Gotland and Åland on the Baltic chessboard – Swedish and Finnish concerns

• The new face of Croatian right wing

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