Akunin on the outs;
The case for seizing Russian assets;
Russia issues a warning;
Jitters in Amsterdam;
Now, New Delhi tilts towards Moscow

Russia’s hidden epidemic;
Japan ups the ante;
What has happened to Navalny?;
Coup-proofing the Kremlin;
Thinking beyond Ukraine

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