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
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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;
China Reform Monitor No. 1417
China faces calls for BRI debt relief;
Pakistan orders the resumption of BRI projects;
China's embassy to Twitter: Uphold "freedom of speech";
Netherlands changes name of representative office in Taiwan;
India implements new rule to deter China's corporate takeovers
The Trump Administration Must Maintain America’s Indo-Pacific Basing Posture
With Japan, the administration stands to damage relations at precisely the wrong time.
Russia Reform Monitor No. 2387
GRU tied to German hack;
Aeroflot gets special bailout treatment;
Ambulance workers threaten hunger strike;
Russia's censors strike back;
America assists Belarus with energy
How Congress should grade the Space Force doctrine
Earlier this Spring, the leadership of the U.S. Space Force, the country’s newest military branch, announced that it plans to roll out a new doctrine in the near future. But what that doctrine will look like remains to be seen — and Congress, which will be the ultimate arbiter of the document and the vision it contains, needs to ensure that the country gets it right.
Africa Political Monitor No. 3
Sudan's international charm offensive eyes Washington...;
...as the emirates come calling;
Tanzania backs away from Beijing;
Chad turns inward;
Dublin eyes African development;
South Korea restarts deployments to South Sudan
Beijing Is Pushing the Taiwanese Toward Independence Hard and Fast
If Chinese leaders really want peaceful unification, they need a mutually respectful approach.
How Trump’s Constant Attacks on China over Coronavirus Won’t Help
Rather than sing the same sad song about the source of the coronavirus, the United States needs to lead a choir of nations in a hymn about how this pandemic, like SARS before it, was made possible by the lack of transparency intrinsic to China’s national socialist political system. It is only through collaboration among democracies can the United States seize the day and create what the world desperately needs: a muscular coalition of like-minded nations that will prevail in this crisis, as well as secure the future of free markets and liberal values in its aftermath.
Why the new X-37 space plane mission is a big deal
The experiment is one of the brightest signals yet that the U.S. plans to pursue grand world-changing ideas like space solar power.
Russia Reform Monitor No. 2386
Russia's misleading coronavirus tally;
Consequences of the crisis: A less popular Putin;
A tale of two Victory Days;
Freedoms lost, freedoms gained;
The problems with Russian aid
China Reform Monitor No. 1416
Vietnam hacks China to obtain info on COVID-19;
China's FTC-2000G combat aircraft bags first export contract;
Australia's call for coronavirus investigation draws China's ire;
FCC moves to revoke licenses of four Chinese telecom firms;
U.S. imposes new restrictions on exports to China
Saudi TV series speaks volumes about regional dynamics
During the holy month of Ramadan, now underway, when TV viewership among Muslims traditionally skyrockets, Saudi Arabia’s MBC network is airing a series about Jewish families in a fictional Arab country in the late 1940s — a series that speaks volumes about what’s changing, and what isn’t, across the region.
U.S.-China Competition Will Change The Middle East
Call it the new "China consensus."
Global Islamism Monitor No. 78
Uighurs used as forced labor for China;
For ISIS, a resilient presence in Syria...;
...and a setback for Afghanistan;
ISIS sees opportunity amid Europe's lockdown;
A new caliphate forms in Africa
Russia Reform Monitor No. 2385
Russia's Premier catches coronavirus;
Ambulance workers on the coronavirus frontlines;
New signs of life for Nord Stream 2;
U.S. Navy enters the Russian Arctic;
The danger of facing Russia's doctors
Russia Reform Monitor No. 2384
Prague mayor needs protection from Moscow;
The FSB connection to MH-17;
Coronavirus threatens Russia's nuclear cities;
The Donbass heads back to the USSR
What Russia is up to in Syria
Although the world has ground to a near-standstill as a result of COVID-19, America’s foreign policy problems have not disappeared...Russia’s recent machinations in Syria are a case in point.
How Iran Is Helping Venezuela Stay Afloat, For Now
What is Iran up to in Latin America? E
Russia Reform Monitor No. 2383
Victory Day parade deferred;
Provocation in the Baltics;
COVID disinfo being coordinated, says EU;
Kremlin losing ground in the Balkans;
New Moscow megachurch lionizes Putin's people and policies;
Moscow's embattled police force
China Reform Monitor No. 1415
Beijing's push for COVID-19 praise backfires in Wisconsin;
China establishes news admin districts for Paracels and Spratlys;
Hong Kong arrests democracy leaders;
Our judicial system is under assault, Hong Kong judges say;
U.S., European and Japanese firms move out of China
China Reform Monitor No. 1414
Hungary to keep details of Beijing-funded rail link secret;
Beijing takes controlling state in Nigeria's Lekki Port;
Track laying begins for the China-Laos railway;
Kenyan paper: "Bring home Kenyans suffering in China";
China takes control of Jamaica's Kingston Freeport
How the U.S. Could End the Iran Nuclear Deal Once and for All
Though the Trump administration has already withdrawn from the deal, there is still a clear path to scuttling it at the U.N.
To Hold China Accountable for Delayed COVID-19 Action, Target the ‘Great Firewall’
Washington must address the root causes of China’s propensity to obscure the origins of the new coronavirus
Iran Democracy Monitor No. 205
Paranoid in Tehran;
Full steam ahead on Iran's military buildup...;
...as the Revolutionary Guards draw a redline;
A step backward for Iran in Iraq
Russia Reform Monitor No. 2382
Russians hoarding cash during pandemic;
New nuclear talks commence;
Syria as military laboratory;
A sympathetic voice at Vedomosti;
A Russian demonstration against the lockdown;
Fear and loathing in the motherland
Israel has lots at stake with annexation
With Israel’s new “unity” government now set, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces a decision in the coming weeks with huge consequences for Israel’s relations with America and the wider world: whether to begin the process of annexing major parts of the West Bank.
Indo-Pacific Monitor No. 7
Tokyo seeks to pull production from China...;
...while latent investment projects imperil China's geopolitical gambit;
Beijing's "Health Silk Road" takes shape;
China establishes administrative districts in contested island chains;
A confirmation of coronavirus in the Hermit Kingdom
How Morocco Is Managing The Pandemic
[T]he Kingdom of Morocco has been particularly hard hit. It currently ranks second only to Egypt in the number of active North African COVID-19 cases, and by itself represents more than 13 percent of all infections on the continent. Yet the Moroccan government has nonetheless managed to parlay its fight against the coronavirus into a source of national unity – and, increasingly, into one of regional prestige as well.
Russia Reform Monitor No. 2381
Moscow plays the Cossack card;
Medical students on the coronavirus front line;
Moscow's quarantine impacts the movement of journalists;
Making it easier to become Russian
South Ossetia makes its move
Defense Technology Monitor No. 52
Gene editing for medicine...and more?;
How smart watches help aerial navigation;
A new quantum-sensing receiver;
Toward human-computer hybrid AI;
AI mind-reading on the horizon
Russia Reform Monitor No. 2380
Russia and OPEC+ make a deal;
Ukraine worries about Russian disinfo;
Yet another Arctic training session;
Amid lockdown, Whelan case moves ahead;
An elusive bailout;
Ukraine finds a traitor in the ranks
Africa Political Monitor No. 2
Turkish UAVs to patrol Tunisian skies;
Shifting air travel reflects Sudan-Israel thaw;
India deploys hurricane relief via warship to Madagascar;
European task force deploys to Sahel;
AFRICOM to begin reporting civilian casualties;
Saudi Arabia repatriates Ethiopian migrants
Resource Security Watch No. 26
Mozambique's gas reserves create conflict;
West Africa's fishing crisis;
Newly discovered microbe can break down plastic;
Marine numbers move to the poles;
Thinking about a hydrogen economy