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

Analyses

Analyses of current affairs

• Ukraine’s parliament passes a special act for Donbas

• Central European problems with Russian gas supplies

• Ukraine’s political parties at the start of the election campaign

• Russia is blocking a free trade area between the EU and Ukraine

• The Baltic states after the NATO summit in Newport

• Romania after the NATO summit in Newport

• A Visegrad cacophony over the conflict between Russia and Ukraine

• The ceasefire in eastern Ukraine

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