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The main reason why sanctions are imposed on Russia is to help Ukraine. Sanctions work, but it is difficult for the EU to adapt them due to bureaucratic mechanisms. Russia has the opportunity to find ingenious ways to avoid sanctions."

How the United States chooses to shift the burdens of the war onto Europe will shape what the Europeans can accomplish. Much depends on whether the United States wants Ukraine to be able to continue to defend itself as it negotiates or whether Washington is prepared to force Kyiv to settle on any terms."

Increasingly, skills relevant to defence are also sought by the private sector. As we are seeing in Ukraine, technology is having a major impact on the battlefield. It in certainly disrupting the way we have traditionally done things. It is driving up a demand for people with higher STEM skills."