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

Analyses

Analyses of current affairs

• Germany’s idea of a European army

• Kyiv refuses to make concessions to the separatist ‘republics’

• Crimea, one year after the annexation: the end of the honeymoon?

• Germany is strengthening its links with Arab countries

• Merkel strengthened China in Japan

• The collapse of Ukraine’s foreign trade

• Amendment to the Russian budget for 2015: an attempt to maintain the status quo

• President Iohannis’s first steps in foreign policy – how much change, how much continuation?

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