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Obama Needs to Do More Than Pay Lip Service to Regime Change in Syria
When the dictatorship of Bashar al-Assad was engulfed by the “Arab Spring” last March, many waxed optimistic that regime change in Syria wouldn’t be long in coming. But ten months into the ensuing civil war, Assad’s regime shows no signs of fading away quietly. To the contrary, it has doubled down on repression, waging an extended campaign of official brutality against its own people in its bid to remain in power. As of mid-January, the death toll from Syria’s uprising had topped 6,000, with no let-up in sight.
Beijing And Tehran's Coming Divorce
Is China finally coming around on Iran? For years, Beijing's steady backing has helped the Iranian regime frustrate international efforts to isolate and penalize it for its nuclear ambitions. This month, however, there are heartening signs that China is reassessing its longstanding strategic partnership with the Islamic Republic.
Radical Muslim Power Grabs In Key Arab Nations Would Be Huge Setback For U.S.
In the short term, Washington works to protect Israel and other U.S. allies, combat terrorism, rebuff Iran's hegemonic ambitions, and support regional stability, all of which ensures the continued flow of oil to power Western economies.
Reading The Tea Leaves On Obama's New Military Strategy
Earlier today, President Obama unveiled a revamped national military strategy in a major address at the Pentagon. While the full details of the strategy—dubbed “Sustaining U.S. Global Leadership: Priorities for 21st Century Defense”—have yet to be disclosed, early reports offer some important insights into the Administration’s evolving national security and defense priorities.
Kim’s Death Chance For Joint Sino-US Efforts
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il's death has strategists and policymakers asking the same question: What's next? Among some there is a strong sense that a leadership change in Pyongyang represents the best opportunity in decades for North Korea to join the international community as a normal state. Pyongyang stands at a crossroads. |
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Iran Strategy Brief No. 5: Iran's Venezuelan Gateway
For years, the media and the U.S. government have repeated a familiar refrain: that the regime of now-ailing Venezuelan strongman Hugo Chavez, however annoying, poses no serious threat to the national security of the United States. Compelling evidence, however, suggests otherwise. Under Chavez, Venezuela has systematically opposed U.S. values and initiatives throughout the Western Hemisphere and the world in general. It has tried to influence political events in other Latin American countries, sometimes successfully. It has supported guerrilla movements and terrorist organizations in other countries (most notably Colombia). And it has facilitated the activities of drug traffickers active in the region, even as it has destabilized the regional status quo through massive military purchases.
Iran Strategy Brief No. 4: Hezbollah's Inroads Into The Western Hemisphere
A year after the attacks of September 11th, then-Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage, in contextualizing the terrorist threat facing the country, made a telling assessment. “Hezbollah may be the A-team of terrorists,” Mr. Armitage told an audience at the United States Institute of Peace in Washington, DC, “and maybe al-Qaida is actually the B-team.” The description was apt, and remains so. With a presence in an estimated forty countries on five different continents, the Lebanese Shi’ite militia represents one of the very few terrorist groups active today that possess a truly global presence and reach. |
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China Reform Monitor - No. 945
Joint patrols on Mekong river after Chinese targeted; Saudi, China sign nuclear, energy coop deals
Eurasia Security Watch - No. 249
Saudi cyber terrorism directed at Israel; US saves Iran in the Persian Gulf... Again; Future of the Arab League Mission to Syria in Doubt; Integrating Hamas and Islamic Jihad
Russia Reform Monitor - No. 1760
Dwindling protests, and government remedies; Still making Libya an issue
China Reform Monitor - No. 944
Beijing profits from booming tobacco industry; Cities resist social security tax on foreigners
China Reform Monitor - No. 943
US sells China high-tech telescope to track satellites; Hackers steal info from 100 million Chinese netizens |
