This issue's main thematic section addresses ongoing armed conflicts and conflict management processes. It includes articles on the armed conflict in Syria, approaches to strategic security in the post-Soviet space, the Karabakh issue, and the prospects for ending violence in the context of the Basque problem. Another section is focused on arms control issues, such as the evolution of British nuclear deterrence strategy and the Anti-Missile Defense problem. The issue also includes eight reviews of recent books on the nature of contemporary wars, security problems in Central Asia, U.S.-Russia (and U.S.-Soviet) relations in the 20th century, terrorism. And post-Soviet migration.