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

Analyses

Analyses of current affairs

• The prospect of losing Pokrovsk – a blow to Ukraine’s metallurgical sector

• Sweden: reinventing total defence and a proactive stance in NATO

• Russians and North Koreans pushing Ukrainians out of Kursk Oblast. Day 1028 of the war

• Georgia: presidential election amidst intense protests

• Bulgaria and Romania join the Schengen Area: no more ‘second-class membership’

• Centre-left government forms government in Lithuania

• Moldova: an impending energy crisis and its political implications

• Croatia sets conditions for Montenegro’s accession to the EU

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