Iran Democracy Monitor No. 209
The practical effects of "maximum pressure";
A new campaign of sabotage;
Iran's protest wave reemerges;
Iran's coronavirus crisis, continued
The practical effects of "maximum pressure";
A new campaign of sabotage;
Iran's protest wave reemerges;
Iran's coronavirus crisis, continued
China passes Hong Kong national security law;
Hundreds arrested on first day of new security law...;
...and Hong Kong denies bail to first defendant;
British PM offers 3 million Hong Kongers a path to citizenship;
U.S. Army releases film on joint military exercises with Taiwan
Radical Islamic extremism established a presence in Central Asia in the late Soviet era.
The consequences of climate change;
Russia fuel spill devastates Arctic environment;
India's infatuation with Russian arms;
A lopsided intel sharing agreement
A new China-Iran economic and military agreement and this fall's expiration of the global arms embargo on Iran could dramatically upend international relations by expanding China's global reach, empowering Iran to threaten America's regional allies, undercutting U.S. efforts to pressure both nations and further destabilizing the Middle East.