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

Analyses

Analyses of current affairs

• The first month of the new government in Ukraine: weakness and indecisiveness

• Poor financial results for Germany’s energy companies

• The Kremlin’s policy in Ukraine – the domestic viewpoint

• Russia’s plan to vassalise Ukraine

• Russia’s hapless strategy for eastern Ukraine

• The military consequences of the annexation of Crimea

• The consequences of the annexation of Crimea

• Customs Union summit in the context of Ukraine

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