The Russians are building their own Starlink system. Day 1490 of the war

Analyses

Analyses of current affairs

• Ukraine gets ‘green light’ to attack Russian territory with Western-made missiles

• In a cool climate: controversy over the COP29 conference in Baku

• The Russians are again destroying Ukraine’s energy sector. Day 1000 of the war

• Loyalists and revolutionaries? Trump is making first foreign policy nominations

• Extension of the EU training mission. Day 992 of the war

• Russia on Trump’s victory: uncertainty, assertiveness, and waiting for an offer

• Germany: the government coalition breaks up

• The FDP presents its demands: is this the end of Germany’s coalition?

Commentaries

In-depth analyses of current affairs

A fragile future: decarbonisation of Germany’s steel sector

The three special cases: demographic processes in the South Caucasus

Help from the Far East: Japan’s support for Ukraine

On the eve of a parliamentary election in Moldova: a European future in the shadow of uncertain results

Putin’s elite divides the spoils in Russia: large-scale nationalisation and re-privatisation of assets

A nationalist voice of protest: the resurgence of radical parties in Bulgaria