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

Analyses

Analyses of current affairs

• The fourth term of Georgian Dream: a questionable victory

• Success without breakthroughs: the BRICS summit in Russia

• The BSW campaign against US intermediate missile systems and a NATO HQ in Germany

• Germany: green light for the hydrogen network

• The PKK’s attack heralds an escalation of tensions over the Kurdish question

• NATO brigades in the Baltic states: new chapters in the long march toward deployment

• A period of thaw: Scholz visits Turkey

• Gülen’s death: the end of an era

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