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

Analyses

Analyses of current affairs

• Turkey: managing the crisis by using conflict

• The German economy minister’s controversial visit to Iran

• Macedonia: A fragile compromise after EU mediation

• Turkey strikes the Kurds (and Jihadists)

• Germany after the Greek summit – the helpless hegemon

• The anniversary of Srebrenica massacre: superficial reconciliation in the Balkans

• The incident in Mukachevo: a symptom of Ukraine’s systemic weakness

• North Caucasus: between Russia, an emirate and a caliphate

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