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

Analyses

Analyses of current affairs

• Slovakia: Prime Minister Fico’s position is weakening

• Russia: Kadyrov is in conflict with the law enforcement agencies

• Germany: the dispute with Greece is entering a decisive phase

• Drafting new gas projects in central and south-eastern Europe

• The Russian-Latvian transit consortium

• Russia is undermining the nuclear agreement with Iran

• Gazprom’s tactical concessions to Ukraine

• Ukraine: ambitious de-Communisation laws

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