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Russia Reform Monitor - No. 1743
Bulletins - August 31, 2011
 

Interior Ministry eyes new Internet curbs;
Putin and company: popular at home, but not abroad

 
Iran's Bid For Africa's Uranium
Articles - May 24, 2011
 

With the drama of the Arab Spring and the death of Osama bin Laden dominating the headlines, you might have missed the most important development in months surrounding Iran's nuclear program: Zimbabwe's emergence as a key enabler of the Islamic Republic's march toward the atomic bomb.

In recent days, officials in Harare have confirmed that the government of Robert Mugabe is finalizing a massive resources deal with Tehran, in defiance of United Nations sanctions aimed at derailing Iran's nuclear push. That agreement, in the works since Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad visited the African state in April 2010, would provide the Iranian regime with preferential access to the country's estimated 455,000 tons of raw uranium over the next five years.

The deal sheds light on what amounts to a major chink in the Islamic Republic's nuclear armor. For all of its atomic bluster, the Iranian regime lacks enough of the critical raw material necessary to independently acquire a nuclear capability. According to nonproliferation experts, Iran's known uranium ore reserves are limited and generally of poor quality. It desperately needs steady supplies of uranium ore from abroad, and without those supplies the Islamic Republic's nuclear plans would, quite simply, grind to a halt.

 
Rabat In A Hard Place
Articles - April 13, 2011
 

These are trying times in Morocco. Over the past three months, the small North African kingdom has seen regime change roil two of its neighbors, Tunisia and Egypt, and a third—Libya—descend into civil war. The Moroccan street itself has seen its fair share of ferment; large-scale rallies calling for new social reforms and sweeping governmental changes have taken place throughout the country in recent weeks. In response, the country’s monarch, Mohammed VI, outlined a series of far-reaching constitutional reforms in early March, even going so far as to propose a diminution of royal power in favor of the country’s government and parliament. But, at least for now, the protesters do not appear to be entirely mollified.

 
China Reform Monitor - No. 832
Bulletins - June 20, 2010
 

Vietnam and Japan get military hotlines with China; More political reshuffling ahead of the 2012 Party Congress

 

 
A Counterterrorism Ally In North Africa
Articles - June 15, 2010
 

At the mouth of the sprawling plaza that houses Casablanca's magnificent Hassan II mosque overlooking the Atlantic Ocean lie two squat, ornate buildings. In these structures, flanked by neatly manicured gardens and largely unnoticed by the outside world, the Kingdom of Morocco is forging what could become one of the world's most potent weapons against Islamic extremism.

The buildings are the future site of a new Quranic school, which--once formally inaugurated in the coming year--will serve as a magnet educational institution for the country's religious students, as well as those from the rest of the region. Its objective, my guide told me, will be singular and unequivocal: "To promote Moroccan Islam. Tolerant Islam."

 
Russia Reform Monitor - No. 1660
Bulletins - February 24, 2010
 

U.S.-Russian arms pact inches forward;
New Russo-Japanese territorial tensions

 
China Reform Monitor - No. 807
Bulletins - February 17, 2010
 

China to strengthen social management for Asian Games; Taiwan President Ma drops in U.S. on South American tour

 
China Reform Monitor - No. 803
Bulletins - January 22, 2010
 

China expands anti-piracy mission in the Gulf; Landmark LNG deal with Australia prematurely terminated

 
China Reform Monitor - No. 797
Bulletins - December 21, 2009
 

Russian arms sales to China grinding to a halt; China-WTO consider sending factories to Africa

 
China Reform Monitor - No. 791
Bulletins - November 16, 2009
 

Beijing finds environmental policies ignored; Anti-corruption drive catches another leader in its net