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

Analyses

Analyses of current affairs

• The BSW campaign against US intermediate missile systems and a NATO HQ in Germany

• Germany: green light for the hydrogen network

• The PKK’s attack heralds an escalation of tensions over the Kurdish question

• NATO brigades in the Baltic states: new chapters in the long march toward deployment

• A period of thaw: Scholz visits Turkey

• Gülen’s death: the end of an era

• Massive drone attacks on Ukraine. Day 971 of the war

• The presidential election and referendum in Moldova: a yellow card for the pro-Western camp

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