Letter From the Editors
Taking the High Ground: This Week’s Lip Service, Laughs and Lectures From Russia
FEATURED NEWS STORIES
‘Normandy Four’ Meet in Berlin
US Election Generates Keen Interest in Russia
THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Chechnya
“Kadyrov Is the Caucasus Version of Putin”
Human Rights Activists: Kremlin Needs to Start Process of Removing Kadyrov From Power
OTHER POST-SOVIET STATES
Ukraine
“Motorola”: Series Finale
Separatist Field Commander ‘Motorola’ Killed in Donetsk
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
Iraq
The Storming of Mosul: The Forgotten War in Iraq
ISIS Foes in Iraq Are Numerous and Powerful, But Must Learn to Trust Each Other
Syria
Pressing the Pause Button
Russian Military Halts Air Strikes in Advance of ‘Humanitarian Pause’ in Aleppo
Europe
Time for Discussion
PACE Invites Russia Back, But Duma Speaker Volodin Insists Voting Rights Must Be Restored First
United States
Conditions for a Bad Peace: What Russia Lacks for New Detente With the West
Russia Seeking to Scale Back Tensions With US but in an Extremely Inept Manner
How the U.S. May Respond to “Russian Cyberattacks”
US Has Several Non-Military Options for Responding to Alleged Russian Cyberattacks
Exceptional Case
America’s ‘Exceptionalism’ Fetish Borders on National Chauvinism