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

Analyses

Analyses of current affairs

• The Bundestag has approved a further tranche of Greek aid

• Cyprus closer to Russia

• The Nemtsov assassination: warning shots to the Kremlin’s opponents

• Turkey’s Syria policy on the defensive

• Russian gas for the Donbas: the games being played with Kyiv and Brussels

• Kazakhstan on the edge

• ‘Hybrid’ truce in the Donbas

• Putin in Budapest – overcoming isolation

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