Letter From the Editors
Oh, What a Tangled Web We Weave – Getting Lost on the Road to Yalta 2.0

FEATURED NEWS STORIES

Putin Addresses UN General Assembly

Moscow Steps Up Syria Operation

THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Politics

PUTIN Putin Forever, or the End of Domestic Policy
Stanovaya: Domestic Politics Is Dead to Putin, Who Is Currently More Concerned About Foreign Policy

Syria as the Donetsk Basin: Why Russia Is Not Safe From a ‘Ukrainian’ Scenario
Kazarin: Centrifugal Forces Creating Conditions for Potential Donetsk Basin Scenario in Russia

State and Law

Komi-Tose State
Ekspert: Putin’s Anticorruption Campaign Could Lead To Repressions if Let Out of Hand

OTHER POST-SOVIET STATES

Armenia

‘Unbreakable Brotherhood’ Focuses on Armenia
CSTO Peacekeepers Participate in Training Exercises In Armenia Amid Nagorno-Karabakh Flare-Up

Ukraine

Buffer Zone to Split Ukraine, Donetsk Basin Republics
Minsk Contact Group Reaches Agreement on Creating Buffer Zone in Donetsk Basin

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

World Politics

Igor Yurgens: Important People Are Working on the Ideal Picture
Yurgens: Hope Still Exists for Productive Relationship Between Russia, West Despite Current Tension

Arms Control and Nonproliferation

Bomb for a Meeting With Obama
Felgengauer: Russia Vows Response to US Plans to Upgrade Tactical Nuclear Missiles in Europe

Nuclear Suicide Belt
Arbatov: Today’s Leaders Must Reaffirm Previous Generation’s Commitment to Prevent Nuclear War

Middle East

Why Netanyahu Brought Generals to Moscow
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu Discusses Russia’s Syria Strategy During Moscow Visit

Iran

Iran Is Double-Edged Sword for Russia
Zhuchkova: Russia Shouldn’t Expect to Remain Top Priority in Post-Sanctions Iran