Letter From the Editors
Follow the Leader on a Geopolitical Scale: Who Will Be the Last Player Standing?
FEATURED NEWS STORIES
US-Russia Disarmament Prospects Look Grim
Series of Attacks Rock Kazakhstan
THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Politics
Not a Thaw but a Respite: Why There Should Be No Illusions About the Situation in Russia
Kremlin’s Milder Rhetoric Does Not Indicate a Thaw, But a Respite
Elections
What Is Pamfilova Voting for?
CEC Rolling Out New Measures to Ensure Duma Elections Meet Transparency Standards
OTHER POST-SOVIET STATES
Ukraine
Savchenko Confounds Poroshenko’s Plans
Savchenko’s Remarks About Dialogue With Donetsk Basin Republics Rattle Kiev
Shocking UN Report Lists Crimes by the Ukrainian Authorities
UN Human Rights Report Implicates Ukrainian Authorities in Arbitrary Imprisonment, Torture
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
World Politics
JASTA: The U.S. VS. Saudi Arabia
Tension Growing in US-Saudi Ties as US Congress Moves to Seek Damages for 9/11
Foreign Economic Relations
Asleep No More
Russian Sanctions Have Done More Good Than Harm, Modernizing Our Economy
Three Countries Already Blackmailing Gazprom
Gazprom Customers Seeking Price Cuts, Threatening to Turn to Other Sellers
Far East
Time to Build Bridges
Valdai Club Stresses Importance of Building Bridges With Asian Countries
Germany
Neither Friend Nor Foe
Experts: German White Paper Citing Russian Threat Should Not Be Blown Out of Proportion
Europe
Has Europe Found a Gravedigger?
EU Politicians Blaming Russia for EU’s Own Mounting Problems, Identity Crisis