The 600th day of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine is fast approaching, with no end in sight. The conflict, a Zeitenwende as the German chancellor, Olaf Scholz, called it, or epochal turn, has pushed the European Union into a fundamental reassessment of its role and policies on issues from agriculture, energy supply and, most obviously, security. In a special report, diplomatic editor Patrick Wintour assesses how Brussels is adapting and what tensions have arisen between member states as this seismic geopolitical shift forces them to adjust.
While politicians and diplomats face the dilemmas of building trust and cooperation between states in real life situations, feature writer Tom Lamont joins academics, military personnel and the simply curious to spend a day playing war games to anticipate, prepare and hopefully avert a future conflict.
