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

Analyses

Analyses of current affairs

• Ukraine opens accession negotiations with the EU

• The European Court of Human Rights: Russia is guilty of violations in occupied Crimea

• Increasing radicalisation: terrorist attacks in Dagestan

• The EU’s new sanctions against Russia: tighter restrictions, a ban on re-exporting LNG

• Zelensky dismisses the commander of the Ukrainian army’s Combined Forces. Day 852 of the war

• Ukraine: the energy infrastructure crisis and the potential for a new wave of refugees

• Norway: more investment in national defence and support for Ukraine

• Putin visits Vietnam: positive declarations yet problems remain

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