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

Analyses

Analyses of current affairs

• More protests in Bashkortostan

• Germany: mass demonstrations against the AfD

• Ukraine attacks the Russian port of Ust-Luga. Day 698 of the war

• Falling exports: Ukraine’s foreign trade in the second year of war

• The West and Ukraine: agreements on security cooperation

• The Fico-Orbán meeting: an Article-7 alliance

• Moldova is increasing the pressure on Transnistria

• Maintaining the status quo: the elections in Taiwan

Commentaries

In-depth analyses of current affairs

A fragile future: decarbonisation of Germany’s steel sector

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