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