How the Iranian Revolution Inspired Turkish Islamism
The Iranian Islamic revolution of 1979 had important implications throughout the Islamic world, and Turkey has been no exception.
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China Outmaneuvers the Muslim World
With its embrace of the Amman Message, China has succeeded in finishing what its economic investments began.
China Reform Monitor No. 1423
China and India clash amid simmering border tensions;
Scores of soldiers fell to their deaths as hundreds fought;
PLA warplanes enter Taiwan Strait;
U.S. to sanction Chinese officials connected to Xinjiang camps;
China's Zijin Mining to buy Guyana Goldfields for $238MM
Russia Reform Monitor No. 2399
Russia to retaliate for British sanctions;
Russia rebukes U.S. over media freedom;
Governor arrested for old murders;
Moscow digs in in Moldova
We Are in a New Space Race, and America Needs to Win
America now needs a concrete plan to cement its position as the planet's dominant space power.
Russia Reform Monitor No. 2398
Vladivostok tweet causes complications with Beijing;
New developments in the MH17 tragedy;
How Putin got his constitutional amendments;
Space advisor faces treason charges
China Reform Monitor No. 1422
Leading Russian Arctic scholar accused of spying for China;
Jakarta rejects Beijing's offer for South China Sea talks;
Zoom admits ending meetings at Beijing's behest;
Twitter suspends 170,000 China-linked false news accounts;
Myanmar's audit chief cautions his government against China's BRI
Understanding Russia and China in Central Asia
Moscow and Beijing face both challenges and opportunities in the “Post-Soviet Space.”
Russia Reform Monitor No. 2397
More Russian probes of American airspace;
Rights Council gives referendum vote a clean bill of health;
Russian cash for Taliban kills;
Moscow denies nuclear incident;
Coronavirus and the Victory Parade
Confronting China’s Atrocities in Xinjiang
Since it began nearly four years ago, the PRC's campaign to pacify its majority-Muslim province of Xinjiang has taken on truly horrifying proportions.
Putin Plots a Parallel Internet
Amid a surge in domestic discontent with his regime, the Russian president is moving to tighten his grip on the country's Web access.
America’s Military Has a Problem: Russia and China Are Building Hypersonic Weapons
Could a new generation of missile defenses help?
Defense Technology Monitor No. 54
New 3D printing technique changes the game;
Plasma serves as new missile decoy;
Power-beaming test on board space plane;
USAF launches AI to control drones;
Navy demonstrates new laser at sea
Trashing Leaders at Home Weakens America Abroad
[A] society that bemoans its faults but ignores its considerable virtues—its values, liberties, sacrifices and accomplishments—will lack the confidence in itself and the standing with others necessary to lead the world.
Russia Reform Monitor No. 2396
Nuclear negotiators meet in Austria;
Frontline doctors ordered to vote;
Whelan won't appeal, awaits exchange;
Putin raises taxes, boosts aid on eve of referendum;
Military tech on parade on Moscow;
Russian hackers target Americans working from home
Global Islamism Monitor No. 79
The Taliban takes the offensive;
The Islamic State shows new signs of life;
Is America reducing its footprint in the Sinai?;
Turkey to Europe: Take back your radicals
Resource Security Watch No. 28
Corona and the climate;
Africa faces a locust plague;
The coronavirus fight takes its toll;
Moscow, Beijing move closer on energy
Indo-Pacific Monitor No. 9
SPECIAL ISSUE: SINO-INDIAN BORDER TENSIONS
India re-enforces its Himalayan perch as China moves into Galwan;
China challenges the status quo in Pangong Lake;
Regional neighbors seize the moment;
Border dispute spills over into 5G networks, auto production
China Reform Monitor No. 1421
Chinese hackers targeted emails of Biden campaign staffers;
PLA expands high-altitude arsenal;
PLA troops movements amid border tensions;
Russian coronavirus website lists "country of Taiwan";
China opens new rail corridor to Nepal
Russia Reform Monitor No. 2395
Nearly 500 medical workers die of COVID-19;
Russia steps back in China-India border dispute;
EU plans to extend Russia sanctions;
Ekho Moskvy fined for "face news";
Putin mulls another term
The Fruits of ‘Maximum Pressure’: An Increasingly Isolated Iran | Opinion
You wouldn't know it from the popular press, but the Trump administration's campaign of "maximum pressure" against Iran is working.
The Changing Geopolitics of Central Asia
Iran Democracy Monitor No. 208
The long arm of Iranian law;
Hard times for Iranian propaganda;
A challenge to Iranian control over Iraq;
How Huawei skirted Iran sanctions
Russia Reform Monitor No. 2394
Putin follows through on passport promise;
Donbass coal laundered in Russia;
Vedomosti editors quit in protest;
New constitution hits shelves before vote;
Leading Arctic researcher charged with treason
Israel’s Government Is Gambling On Annexation
Since April of 2019, when the idea was first floated publicly, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu's plan to annex portions of the West Bank and Jordan River Valley has become widely unpopular.
U.S needs a space sensor layer to protect against hypersonic missiles
Congress could ...create a working capital fund for space development. Doing so would ensure that America can incubate the innovation it needs to confront the hypersonic threat — and to look beyond it.
Africa Political Monitor No. 4
Sudan dips its toe into the LIbyan civil war;
German funds Tunisian financial sector reform;
Russian weapons exports to the continent on the rise;
Conflict flares along Sudan-Ethiopia border;
Germany recommits to Mali-based deployment
China Reform Monitor No. 1420
Taiwan government database leaked on the dark web;
Amid protests, Hong Kong passes China national anthem bill;
New tensions in the Taiwan Strait;
Bipartisan U.S. support for India in its border standoff with China;
China buys U.S. soybeans amid souring political relations
Russia Reform Monitor No. 2393
A helping hand for Iran;
Opposition split on referendum vote;
GRU spy convicted in Austria;
Russian bombers intercepted just miles from U.S. airspace;
The fix is in for former Marine
Pompeo bet against China — and COVID-19 may prove him right
No one knows how the U.S.-China relationship will evolve in the next month, let alone the coming decade. In this way, policymaking is always a gamble of sorts. But if you know your opponent has a losing hand, playing the odds becomes easier. When it comes to China, Pompeo has this diplomatic acumen in spades.
What Is China up to in Hong Kong?
On May 27, the U.S. Department of State formally assessed that Hong Kong is no longer autonomous from mainland China
Russia Reform Monitor No. 2392
A new disaster in Norilsk;
Putin's numbers hit a new low;
Russia strengthens its western flank;
Prague plot a hoax;
Back to the nuclear negotiating table
Iran Democracy Monitor No. 207
How Iran's strategy in Syria is shifting;
Still more Iranian cyberwar;
The Guards beef up their naval might;
A meeting of the minds over the Kurds
Russia Reform Monitor No. 2391
The widening definition of internet extremism;
Russia's constitutional vote;
Russian, Chinese state-run media seek to amplify U.S. chaos;
COVID-immune troops set to march in Red Square;
Preparing for the unthinkable
London Has Second Thoughts About Huawei
Only months after officially announcing its decision to partner with Chinese tech giant Huawei in building 5G telecom technology for the United Kingdom, the administration of Prime Minister Boris Johnson now appears to be reconsidering the move
Trump’s WHO withdrawal too hasty by half
...Trump’s decision to abandon the WHO — like his recent suggestion that he will invite Russia to the next G-7 meeting — will further complicate America’s efforts if it ever needs to rally its closest friends.
Russia Reform Monitor No. 2390
Victory Day parade rescheduled;
Morgan Stanley eyes the exits;
The Kremlin's new base in Syria;
NSA sounds the alarm over the GRU;
Russian support and Libyan dirty money;
Russia's space chief cries foul
America Inches Toward A Serious Central Asia Strategy
This Spring, the Trump administration formally released its official strategy for Central Asia...and made clear that it views Central Asia as a world region where the United States has intrinsic economic and security interests.
Defense Technology Monitor No. 53
3D printing strengthens U.S. military supply chain;
Space Force invests in jamming;
How AI is evolving;
U.S., Norway team on hypersonics;
Back to the drawing board for a new interceptor
Russia Reform Monitor No. 2389
How Russia is helping Libya's Haftar;
Kadyrov seeks coronavirus treatment in Moscow;
Regulators impede coronavirus fight;
Fired Governor sues Putin;
Moscow changes its metric
Resource Security Watch No. 27
The pandemic and the future of oil;
Wellington tries to seize the moment;
White House eyes limits on uranium imports;
Lagging behind in the Arctic
The Evolution of Central Asian Energy
[T]he U.S. needs to demonstrate renewed regional leadership and work with producer, consumer and transit countries on the design and implementation of the missing large-scale infrastructure—like a new, larger scale pipeline connecting Azerbaijan to Europe—that can spur even greater integration of the region with the West in the years ahead.
A New Focus on Central Asia
The Changing Geopolitics of Central Asia
Understanding Russia and China in Central Asia
The Evolution of Central Asian Energy
How Central Asia has Handled Islamic Extremism
America Inches Toward a Serious Central Asia Strategy
China Reform Monitor No. 1418
Apple will move a third of airpod production to Vietnam;
Indonesia presses China to answer boat abuse claims;
China micro-managing Nepali politics?;
New Zealand says it backs WHO role for Taiwan;
Chinese ships chase Japanese fishing boat near Senkaku Islands
Russia Reform Monitor No. 2388
Siberia braces for summer blazes;
Sino-Russian tech ties poised to deepen;
The legacy of language in Central Asia;
Dagestan's health crisis
The Iranian-Israeli Conflict Goes Online
The conflict between Israel and Iran has just entered a new phase - in cyberspace.
Vladimir Putin’s Increasingly Precarious Future
Since its outbreak earlier this year, the coronavirus has exacted a massive human toll around the world.
Indo-Pacific Monitor No. 8
A power struggle at (and over) the WHO;
For India, the pandemic brings challenges and opportunities;
The restive Sino-Indian border;
Cambodia drifts towards pariah status
The Next Challenge To U.S.-Israeli Ties: China
Earlier this month, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo traveled to Israel on his first foreign visit since the outbreak of the global coronavirus pandemic...the Secretary’s visit was intended ...to put Israel’s government on notice that it needed to rethink its growing political, economic and strategic ties to the People’s Republic of China (PRC).
Iran Democracy Monitor No. 206
The Israeli-Iranian cyberwar heats up;
Iran's internet "Manhattan Project";
Institutionalizing Soleimani's legacy;
The true cost of Iran's Syria campagin;