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

Analyses

Analyses of current affairs

• ‘Refugees’ – Germany’s increasing problem

• A huge anti-government demonstration in Chisinau

• ‘Framework’ progress: a new package of Russian-Chinese energy agreements

• Gas business as usual? The new agreements between Gazprom and EU energy companies

• The Hungarian stage of the migration crisis

• A snap election in Turkey in the shadow of an emergency state

• Ukraine’s agreement with private creditors

• Ukraine is divided over constitutional reform

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