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

Analyses

Analyses of current affairs

• Zelensky visits the Middle East: the beginning of military-technical cooperation with the region

• Ukrainian attacks on Russia’s oil export infrastructure

• Towards a plan: Moldova’s non-paper on the reintegration of Transnistria

• Ukraine strikes Russian fuel terminals on the Baltic coast. Day 1497 of the war

• The Baltic states respond to incidents involving Ukrainian drones

• The SPD’s defeat in the Rhineland-Palatinate election will intensify tensions within the German federal government

• Parliamentary elections in Slovenia: a close result with a slight advantage for the Freedom Movement

• The Russians are building their own Starlink system. Day 1490 of the war

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