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

Analyses

Analyses of current affairs

• A virtual reactivation of Gazprom’s southern gas pipeline to the EU

• Patching the Western Balkan migration route

• A Kurdish attack at the heart of Turkey

• The Russian-American declaration on Syria: a success for Moscow

• Orban in Moscow: it’s not only about energy

• Oligarchs save the Yatseniuk government

• Ukraine: Prime Minister Yatsenyuk remains in power

• Stability, not values: the EU lifts sanctions against Belarus

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