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

Analyses

Analyses of current affairs

• The anti-terrorist legislative package in Hungary

• The ecological crisis in Lviv

• The EUGAL project: the German branch of Nord Stream 2

• EU-Georgia: delay in the visa liberalisation process

• Social Democrats riding the crest of a wave in Romania

• Military clashes in Kazakhstan

• The beginning of reforms to the Ukrainian judicial system

• Montenegro’s final stretch on the road to NATO

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