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

Analyses

Analyses of current affairs

• Germany is strengthening its links with Arab countries

• Merkel strengthened China in Japan

• The collapse of Ukraine’s foreign trade

• Amendment to the Russian budget for 2015: an attempt to maintain the status quo

• President Iohannis’s first steps in foreign policy – how much change, how much continuation?

• The end of politics in Armenia

• The ‘Nemtsov operation’ as a manifestation of the oprichnina today

• The parliamentary elections in Estonia

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