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

Analyses

Analyses of current affairs

• Czech Republic: politics in the hands of businessmen

• Prospects for the centre-left government in Romania

• Turkey’s Iraq problem

• Uzbekistan: normalisation of relations with neighbours

• The risk of escalating tensions in Minsk-Moscow relations

• Russia and Turkey: leading towards a concert of powers in Syria

• The Berlin attack – another problem for Merkel

• Russia–Japan: No breakthrough on the Kuril Islands

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