Letter From the Editors
Geopolitical Investments, International Armies and a Fifth Wheel: The Assertiveness of Europe
FEATURED NEWS STORIES
Can Ukraine Survive as a Nation?
How Carefully Do You Read the CDRP?
Nemtsov Murder Leaves Unanswered Questions
THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
The Economy
Investors Unwilling to Take a Gamble on Russia
Kuznetsov: Russia’s Unpredictability Prompts Ratings Agencies to Assign It Junk Status
RUSSIA: Russia: an Open, Innovative Country Lagging Fifty Years behind
NG: Is Russia Doomed to Perennially Fall Short of European Pace of Economic Development?
OTHER POST-SOVIET STATES
Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan Allows Gathering in Groups of Three or More
NG: New Law on Public Meetings Aims to Please West but Also Allows Ashgabat to Pinpoint Dissenters
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
Arms Control and Nonproliferation
CFE Treat Is Dead
Russia Formally Completes Withdrawal From CFE Treaty; Felgengauer: Treaty Stood in the Way of Moscow Reasserting Regional Dominance
Iran
Obama’s Iran Policy Close to Failure
Bobkin: Obama’s Approach to Iran Puts Him at Odds with Western Partners, Congressional Critics
Europe
United Armed Europe
Felgengauer: Proposed EU Army Pointless, but Moscow Would Welcome This if It Meant No More US Military Presence in Europe
Germany
Merkel Is Erasing May 9, 1945, from the National Memory
Sedov: Merkel’s Skipping of Moscow Victory Day Celebration Part of Disingenuous Political Game