Letter From the Editors
It’s Not All About Russia: Fonseca, Frozen Conflicts, Finance and Force
FEATURED NEWS STORIES
Panama Papers Leak Implicates Russian Ruling Elite
Fighting Erupts in Nagorno-Karabakh
THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
State and Law
Late to the Search Party
Investigative Committee Reports New Lead in First Yukos Case, but Is It Too Little, Too Late?
A Bigger Bludgeon
Putin Puts Head of His Security Detail in Charge of Newly Created National Guard
Police State Triumph: Why Putin Is Creating a National Guard
National Guard a New Toy for Putin That Offers Him Additional Leverage
The Economy
Moscow Underestimates Degree of Financial Isolation
Kremlin Underestimates Degree of Russia’s Financial Isolation, Economic Woes
OTHER POST-SOVIET STATES
Central Asia
The Central Asian Cross
Central Asian Countries Approaching Turning Point in National Development
Ukraine
Supreme Rada Zeroes In on Poroshenko
Radical Party Seeks to Impeach President Poroshenko After Leaked Information of His Business Affairs
Kiev Sees Moscow’s Hand Behind Dutch Referendum
Netherlands Votes No in Referendum on Ukraine-EU Association Agreement
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
World Politics
“The Ukraine Crisis Was Orchestrated to Drive a Wedge Between Europe and Russia”
Russian-Western Ties Still Shaky, With Little Hope for Major Improvement
Arms Control and Nonproliferation
“The Arms Control Regime in Europe Is Dead”
Arms Control Regime in Europe Is Dead, Thanks to Actions of NATO Countries
Afghanistan
“The Taliban Are on the Warpath”
Taliban Resurgence Forcing US to Review Its Afghan Strategy, Rectify Its Mistakes