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

Analyses

Analyses of current affairs

• Russia’s offer for the West: an anti-terrorist coalition on Russian terms

• The G20 summit – Turkey’s failed return to the Middle Eastern game

• Moldova: the fall of Valeriu Strelet’s government

• Germany: conflict inside the grand coalition

• The detention of Hennadiy Korban – a fight against corruption, or against political opponents?

• The local government elections in Ukraine

• The UK shows its openness to China

• Azerbaijan – a major purge ahead of the parliamentary election

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