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

Analyses

Analyses of current affairs

• De-risking can wait. Scholz’s visit to China

• Russia’s new large-scale attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure: losses and challenges

• Ukraine adjusts its mobilisation policy

• The West’s sanction pressure on Russia is rising

• Russian attacks on energy systems intensify. Day 782 of the war

• Iran’s attack on Israel: waiting for the response

• Russia is hoodwinking the West about peace negotiations with Ukraine

• Georgia: the foreign agent law, v2.0. A toughening stance ahead of elections?

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