Toward a Russian "panopticon"; 
Prioritizing guns over butter; 
Russia, Iran deepen military ties; 
How Republicans plan to help Kyiv win

An attempted pogrom in Dagestan;
...Revives regional worries; 
A helping hand from Pyongyang; 
An alternative to the Kerch Bridge

Is Wagner wading into the Mideast's newest conflict; 
Qatar brokers the return...of Ukrainian children; 
The geopolitical cost of the Ukraine war; 
...And the human ones; 
Goodbye to the CFE; 
Moscow seeks a Libyan foothold

Surkov's new big idea...; 
...and the Kremlin response; 
Russian hackers target the U.S. federal government; 
Back to the Red Army; 
Hamas courts the Kremlin 

A cold shoulder for Moscow at Turtle Bay; 
Ukraine and Israel: a common fight; 
More pressure on Team Navalny; 
A new source of military conscripts; 
How European firms are circumventing sanctions on Russia