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

Analyses

Analyses of current affairs

• Russia’s crisis budget for 2016

• The political crisis in Kosovo – the growing resistance to a deal with Serbia

• The summit of the European Council and the prime minister of Turkey on the migration crisis

• Azerbaijan’s government strikes at the Shiite opposition

• Protest by truck drivers in Russia

• Russian-Turkish confrontation over Syria

• Crimea is left without power

• Turkey goes for broke: tension after a Russian bomber is shot down

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