The Ring of Fire

From Europe’s Edge:

• Five more years for Turkey’s electoral master.
• Ukraine’s military faces its moment of truth.
• Russia’s military has learned lessons; don’t count it out.
• Putin’s Kremlin court and his wicked jester.

The results of Turkey’s presidential and parliamentary elections underlined Erdo?an’s campaigning skills. Timothy Ash explains that the country faces urgent problems.

Andrew Novo demonstrates that the government in Kyiv knows something even the West finds hard to admit; that its fight for survival is based on performance bonuses.

The world has learned more about Russia’s armed forces in the last 15 months than in the previous 20 years. Chels Michta, PhD Michta asserts that it needs to understand that Russia is adapting.

From the outside, Russia’s muddled messaging suggests a country in chaos. Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan argue that in reality, something more profound is happening beneath the surface.

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