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

Analyses

Analyses of current affairs

• Ukrainians try to regain initiative in Kursk Oblast. Day 1049 of the war

• Belarus: severe sentence imposed on Catholic priest

• Another Russian strike on Ukraine’s energy sector. Day 1041 of the war

• The Azerbaijani aircraft crash: Moscow comes under pressure from Baku

• Russians build bridgeheads on the Oskil River and the Dnipro. Day 1034 of the war

• Attack in Magdeburg: boost for AfD and CDU/CSU in the election campaign

• Protests in Serbia: a crack in Vučić’s system of political dominance

• Slovakia’s actions in preparation for the expiry of the Ukrainian-Russian transit agreement

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