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

Analyses

Analyses of current affairs

• The ‘Rise up, Hungarians’ movement: a new challenge to Fidesz’s domination

• A return to conservatism: the CDU’s new platform

• Nordic countries: a common vision for the development of defence cooperation

• Turkey severs its trade relations with Israel

• Georgia: tensions over controversial law continue to escalate

• Russia threatens to use tactical nuclear weapons. Day 803 of the war

• The US is hitting Russia with further sanctions

• Germany waters down its climate protection law

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