Dr. Frank Umbach, head of research at the EUCERS cluster, analyzes Finland and Sweden joining NATO and the Ukraine aid summit.

"The prospects are more explosive than they were a month or two ago," says Dr. Frank Umbach, an expert on energy security. In the WELT interview, he explains how rising gas prices are affecting the German economy and consumers.

Dr. Shushanik Minsayan writes in The National Interest about the Russian-Turkish tandem in the Black Sea region.

Radio interview for NDR with the editor Stefan Schlag on the reduction of Russian gas exports to Germany, Putin's political motives, a possible complete ban on gas exports to Germany and Europe and the effects on Germany's gas supply.

Prof. Dr. Maximilian Mayer et. al. write about the relationship between Europe and China against the background of the Ukraine war in The Diplomat.

Deutsche Welle interviewed Prof. Dr. Maximilian Mayers on the relationship between China and Russia and its geopolitical significance.

Prof. Dr. Maximilian Mayer and Nadine Godehardt write in the FAZ about the German government's position between China and Russia.

Prof. James Bindenagel talks about new partnerships among Gulf states in Security Times' special issue on the Munich Security Conference (in English).