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

Analyses

Analyses of current affairs

• China is moving closer to Romania's nuclear programme

• Tensions between Hungary and the US

• A growing deficit of coal in Ukraine

• Russian war games in the Baltic Sea region: the Swedish case

• Tough decisions for Turkey in the war against Islamic State

• Bitter victory for Bulgaria’s centre-right

• The rising cost of getting closer to Beijing: New Russian-Chinese economic agreements

• Slovakia and Hungary on gas supplies to Ukraine

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