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

Analyses

Analyses of current affairs

• Georgia: violent protests and signs of erosion in the ruling camp

• Austria: the end of direct gas supplies from Gazprom 

• Germany: dark clouds over the mechanism designated to support the construction of new gas power plants

• Romania after the parliamentary election: a shift to the right

• Georgia is suspending its EU integration process

• The US imposes sanctions on Gazprombank

• Russia strikes Ukraine with strategic missile. Day 1007 of the war

• Romania: the radical right’s unexpected success in the first round of the presidential election

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