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

Analyses

Analyses of current affairs

• New Year’s Eve in Cologne: the end of German hospitality?

• Turkey’s internal front: the conflict with the Kurds escalates

• Ukrainian politics at the end of 2015: an unstable equilibrium

• Is Germany sceptical about deeper integration within the eurozone?

• Pre-election anti-terrorist campaign in Slovakia

• The European Union opens the first chapters in negotiations with Serbia

• Turkmenistan begins the construction of a gas pipeline to Pakistan and India

• A lifeline for Ukraine from the IMF

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