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

Analyses

Analyses of current affairs

• No hope for peace. Six months of the war in Gaza

• Presidential election in Slovakia: a full house for the left-nationalists?

• A fragile compromise on the EU’s additional military aid for Ukraine

• Ukrainian sabotage in the Belgorod and Kursk oblasts. Day 754 of the war

• The party of peace: the SPD is sending signals about the freezing of the war in Ukraine

• The imperative of cooperation: the European Commission’s strategy for the defence industry

• Ukraine: belated expansion of the fortification system

• Li Hui’s second trip: China’s pretence at mediation on Ukraine

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