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

Analyses

Analyses of current affairs

• Voting with no alternative. Parliamentary and local ‘elections’ in Belarus

• More agreements on long-term support for Ukraine. Day 733 of the war

• Russia faces new sanctions on the second anniversary of its full-scale invasion

• Putin’s foreign legion. Foreigners fighting in the war with Ukraine

• Ukrainian forces withdraw from Avdiivka. Day 726 of the war

• Ukrainian media in the crosshairs of the secret services

• Personnel revolution in the Ukrainian armed forces

• An attempt to break the deadlock. Scholz visits Washington

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