Flashpoint: Abkhazia;
A demotion for Kadyrov

China bolsters presence along Sino-Burmese border; Taiwan military games simulate Chinese invasion

Nato courting Moscow for Afghan assistance; Pakistan's constitution gets a makeover; More hardware to Sino-Indian border; New intel satellite for India; Iran and Pakistan reach deal on "Peace Pipeline"

U.S. missile defense: deliberately minimalist?; Chinese missile capabilities changing Pentagon's Asian calculus; More Aegist ships on the horizon; The PRC plans for conflict in space; Rethinking missile defense in Japan

SECDEF: China focused on “narrowing strategic options” of U.S.; China in $16 billion oil deal with Venezuela

Reinforcing Russia's take on history;
Second thoughts in Abkhazia

Sweetening the pot for Pyongyang;
Are energy wars in Russia's future?

Chinese progress on Beidou satellite system; Moscow and Beijing closing the gap on Jiangsu pipeline

Moscow outmaneuvers the U.S. in Central Asia;
Race for the Arctic heats up

"Serious operational glitches" in Chinese satellite bound for Caracas;
Jobless factory workers return home, find corruption and abuse