Letter From the Editors
Step Aside, Old Guard – New Guard Is Stepping In
FEATURED NEWS STORIES
Putin Pulls Russian Troops Out of Syria
Kiev Weighs Big Domestic, Foreign Policy Changes
THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Politics
More Than Just a Mistake
Russia’s Crimea Annexation Set Country on Self-Destructive Path
People’s Will Is Timeless
Referendum on Preserving USSR Still Valid, Relevant Today
State and Law
Mandatory Compliance
Venice Commission: Russian Constitutional Court Cannot Override International Court Rulings
Political Parties/Blocs
Just the Same Old Cause
Revived Just Cause Party Faces Tough Battle Ahead of State Duma Elections
OTHER POST-SOVIET STATES
Central Asia
Turkey Bolsters Presence in Central Asia
Turkey Pursuing Pan-Turkic Policy in Central Asia to Compensate for Broken Ties With Russia
China Moves Toward Military Alliance in Central Asia
Do China’s Military Contacts With Tajikistan, Pakistan Indicate Efforts to Cement Alliance?
Ukraine
You Want Savchenko? Lift the Sanctions
Moscow Using Savchenko as Hostage in Bid to Get West to Lift Sanctions on Russia
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
Europe
EU’s Five Principles of Inaction
EU’s Conditions for Repairing Relations With Russia Unduly Onerous
United States
Russian-U.S. Relations: The Bounds of the Possible
First Step to Repairing US-Russia Relations Is Establishing Positive Agenda