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

Analyses

Analyses of current affairs

• China’s CEFC has acquired a stake in Rosneft

• Russia’s foreign policy – concessions to Kadyrov

• Germany in favour of further limiting the migration from North Africa

• Germany: the final stretch before the election to the Bundestag

• Russia's ploy with UN forces in the Donbas

• Course correction in the Finnish army: investments in combat readiness and reserves

• The diesel scandal in the German car industry

• Belarusian-Ukrainian co-operation with Russia in the background

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