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

Analyses

Analyses of current affairs

• US National Defense Strategy: homeland security and the balance of power in the Indo-Pacific

• MOL moves towards acquiring Russian stakes in Serbia’s NIS

• Trump’s Board of Peace: an alternative to the UN?

• The Fico–Trump meeting: Slovakia turns to US nuclear technologies

• Devastating Russian attacks on the capital’s energy infrastructure. Day 1427 of the war

• Bulgaria: President Radev resigns

• Brutal suppression of protests in Iran

• Trump escalates dispute over Greenland by targeting European allies with tariffs

Commentaries

In-depth analyses of current affairs

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

Fuelling defence: expanding NATO’s pipeline system to the eastern flank