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

Analyses

Analyses of current affairs

• The farce of the ‘referendum’ in the Donbas

• The Kremlin versus the Internet: the end of Russia’s zone of freedom?

• Ukraine to receive an IMF rescue loan

• Russia to Ukraine: subversion and diplomacy

• Eastern Ukraine: the separatists’ offensive in anticipation of the ‘referendum’

• Germany trying for a lucrative contract in Russia

• The Geneva (dis)agreement on Ukraine

• The Slovakian-Ukrainian gas reversal: What is Bratislava up to?

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