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

Analyses

Analyses of current affairs

• Armenia on its way to the Customs Union (and greater dependence on Russia)

• Putin challenges Brussels to a gas duel

• Ukraine closer to losing the eastern part of the country

• Kazakhstan: a new prime minister for hard times

• Germany’s security policy and the Russian-Ukrainian conflict

• Ukraine’s economy: between expected aid from the West and real sanctions from Russia

• Pro-Russian ‘separatism’: a tool to compel Ukraine to federalisation

• Turkey: Erdogan is set to win, but not in style

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