FEATURED NEWS STORIES
Putin Addresses Valdai Forum (Read an article from this feature online for FREE)
Russia Ends Official Contacts with NATO
Taliban Visits Moscow in Bid to End Isolation
THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Political Parties/Blocs
Yabloko Splitting Over Navalny
Rodin: Yabloko Leadership’s Statement on Navalny Deepens Split Within Party
The Economy
Russia Hikes Rates as Economists Warn of Triple Threat To Economy
Central Bank Hikes Interest Rates as Pandemic, Rising Inflation Threaten Economic Growth
OTHER POST-SOVIET STATES
Tajikistan
Dushanbe Signing Up to Become Ankara’s Ally
Panfilova: Ankara’s Overtures to Dushanbe Fail to Take Complex Regional Issues Into Account
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
World Politics
Binary Code
US, Russia Submit Joint Resolution on Responsible Behavior in Cyberspace to UN General Assembly
Arms Control and Nonproliferation
Senseless Deterrence: How the Psychological Trauma That the Americans Inflicted on Putin 20 Years Ago Explains the New Arms Race
Golts: Missile Defense Systems Have Played Key Role in Arms Control Negotiations
Turkey
Erdogan and Victory Day: How the Turkish President Is Overtaking the Russian President in Influence
Erdogan Expands Turkey’s Global Reach, Lobbies for Expanded UN Security Council
The Specter of a Great Power
Frolov: Erdogan Is Overplaying His Hand – Turkey Lacks Wealth, Military, Alliances of a Great Power
Germany
Life After Merkel
Bundestag Parties Weigh Coalition Options After First Post-Merkel Election