| CONTENTS |
| Russia Between European Choice and Asian Growth |
| Vladimir Putin's Visit to Japan: Pessimistic Forecasts Defied |
| Russia to Hold G8 Rotating Presidency |
| Russia and the U.S.: Priorities Real and Artificial |
| Moscow - Beijing: Interregional and Border Cooperation |
| International Terrorism: A Very Long Fight |
| Oil: Gravitating Towards Top End of Price Band |
| 2005: Fewer Illusions, More Realism |
| Palais des Nations. Geneve. UN 60 years |
| Datelined Moscow |
| Dilemmas of Polish Politics |
| Hungary in Europe |
| Russia - South Korea: Toward Multifaceted Partnership |
| Global Demographic Revolution |
| Russia Remains an Economically Passive Power |
| How Pilsudskiites Betrayed the Czechs |
| The Red Army Campaign on the Pacific |
| Eduard Shevardnadze: "I Had 12 One-on-One Meetings with Reagan" |
| "Khrushchev Bangs His Shoe on Desk" |
| Ambassador of Three Countries |
| The Ukrainian Marathon |
| Stanislav Kondrashov: A Magnificent Russian Journalist |
| Viktor Israelyan (1919-2005) |