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

Analyses

Analyses of current affairs

• Romania becomes part of the missile defence system

• Plahotniuc in the USA: legitimising the Moldovan oligarch

• The political manifesto of the Alternative for Germany – the sum of all fears

• Turkey/EU: playing hardball on visa liberalisation

• Snap election in Serbia: the dominance of the ruling right continues

• The establishment of a self-regulating body of the Prosecutor rules out the chances of Ukraine’s prosecutor’s office being reformed

• Kudrin is back: the pretence of reform in Russia

• Breaking through distrust in relations between Romania and Ukraine

Commentaries

In-depth analyses of current affairs

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

Long live youth! Demography of Central Asian states