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

Analyses

Analyses of current affairs

• The government and the opposition in Ukraine are still far from reaching a compromise

• Hungary: half a million new citizens

• Russian aircraft patrol Belarusian airspace

• Russia wants to block dialogue between Yanukovych and the West

• Ukraine: the crisis is worsening

• Bucharest: the prime ministers of China and the countries of Central and South-Eastern Europe meet

• The president of Romania supports unification with Moldova

• Russia’s approach to the pro-European protests in 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