Letter From the Editors (FREE content)
FEATURED NEWS STORIES
Trump Shifts Ukraine Policy at NATO Summit
On the Front Line
Price of Information
Donald Trump Dilutes Share in NATO
Trump Trades ‘Anchorage Spirit’ for ‘Ankara Spirit’
Singing Kumbaya in Ankara (FREE content)
Iran Inters Khamenei as War Reignites
Rahbar Sets Off on His Winding Final Journey
Two Irans, Two Tehrans
Markets and Relations
Setting Course for the Strait
THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Elections
(Editorial) – Is There Demand for Alternative to Party of Power?
Poll: Voters Want Alternative to Ruling Party, but Don’t See One Among Opposition Forces
RFCP Changes Candidate for Tver Governor Just in Case
Vedomosti: RFCP Swaps Out Candidate in Tver Province to Avoid Irritating United Russia
Technology
(Editorial) – Don’t Fear the Future – It’ll Come Anyway
NG: Brave New AI World Won’t Be as Bleak as Some Think – Nor as Wonderful
OTHER POST-SOVIET STATES
Transcaucasus
With Abkhazia and Ossetia, Russia Holds Poisoned Chalice
Vartanyan: Kiriyenko’s Approach More Hands-On in Georgian Breakaways, but Faces Same Old Hazards
Moldova
Family Plan With Benefits: Moldova Hit by a Political Crisis
Prime Minister Quits Amid Sandu Nepotism Scandal; Experts: EU to Continue Support Despite Protests
‘The Empress Has No Clothes’: Moldovan President Embroiled in a Scandal
Todua: As Population Asked to Tighten Belts, Sandu’s Relatives Rake in Huge Taxpayer-Funded Salaries
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
World Politics
The Unbearable Triviality of Canceling a Russian Cartoon
Storyev: In Calls to Cancel Russian Cartoon, Western Critics Are Deploying ‘Old Komsomol Tactics’
Africa
Why Sergei Lavrov Visited Niger During Africa Tour
Lavrov Visits Niger as Part of Efforts to Bolster Cooperation with Sahel States
France
Stopover in Syria
Macron Visits Syria in Pursuit of Regional Stability, Opportunities for French Businesses
Poland
The Danger of ‘Firestorm’
Zverev: US Military Presence in Poland Still Rotational Despite Poland’s Wish for Permanent US Base