Letter From the Editors (FREE content)

Zelensky Swaps Out Ministers in Cabinet Shake-Up
Zelensky to Create Government of Technocrats
Why Defense Minister’s Firing Caused a Major Scandal in Ukraine
Uneasy Reshuffling
‘Things Should Get Easier Now’: Russian Military Bloggers Cheer Ukraine’s Defense Minister Shake-Up

US, Iran Wrangle for Strait of Hormuz
Washington Nullifies Memorandum With Iran
Golden Toll
War Whets the Appetite

THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

State and Law

Missed Call
Antimonopoly Watchdog Gives Apple Deadline to Comply With Russian Laws or Face Consequences

Squeezing the Elites
NGE: Russia Ramps Up Anticorruption Campaign in Attempt to Reign in Regional Elites

Military Affairs

Choosing the Sky (FREE content)
Southern Federal University Program Promotes Service in Unmanned Systems Forces

Space

‘We Need to Adapt the Robot to the Station’s Overall System’
Cosmonaut Kikina: Robotics, AI Will Aid Further Space Exploration

Fight for Lunar Values
Ageyev: Russia Must Reboot Its Space Program to Catch Up With China, US

OTHER POST-SOVIET STATES

Azerbaijan

Baku Shutters Window to Europe
Experts: Closely Tied Economies, Global Chaos, Clashes With EU Spurred Baku-Moscow Thaw

Moldova

Turks Demand Defense of Gagauzia
As Gagauzia’s Autonomy Faces Elimination, Turkish Organizations Show Solidarity

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

World Politics

A Constant in an Era of Radical Change
Lavrov: Russian-Chinese Relations Demonstrate Cooperation That Does Not Limit Sovereignty

Arms Control and Nonproliferation

Strengthening China’s Nuclear Capability Degrades Arms Control Architecture
Polonchuk: West Increasingly Aware That China Is Becoming Key Nuclear Agenda Participant

Iran

Could Mossad Bring Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to Power in Iran?
Melnikov: After NYT Rumors, Experts Explore Whether Ahmadinejad Collaborating With Israel