In this week’s edition: All you need to know about what will shape the discussions in 2024 as we take a look at our EU foreign policy crystal ball.

Ukraine and Switzerland on Sunday (14 January) are expected to host around 120 national security advisors in the Swiss resort town of Davos, the latest push to rally support for Kyiv's peace plan.

With war fatigue threatening and half the world's population heading to polls this year, European defence faces a fight for a place on top of 2024's agenda.

A large protest was held in Tbilisi on Saturday (13 January) to demand harsh punishment for a woman accused of defacing a religious icon depicting Soviet dictator Josef Stalin which was recently-installed in the Georgian capital.

Taiwan's president-elect Lai Ching-te could face a tough four years in office with no parliamentary majority, an opposition which wanted to re-start a vexed service trade deal with China and the ever present threat of military action from Beijing.

As Davos deliberates on the world's economic future, the call from Kyiv is resolute: put an end to Russian oil and gas, and you will not only end the war in Ukraine but also slow the spread of autocracy and speed up the global energy transition, write Svitlana Romanko and Oleh Savytskyi.