Russia Reform Monitor No. 2279
Defiant in Moscow...;
...and cautious in Kyiv;
Punishing public assembly;
Putin threatens a new arms race...;
...as NATO closes ranks
Defiant in Moscow...;
...and cautious in Kyiv;
Punishing public assembly;
Putin threatens a new arms race...;
...as NATO closes ranks
Kerala under quarantine;
Rising temperatures a challenge for millions in South Asia;
Ankara, Baghdad come to hydrological terms;
A bug-heat link;
The DRC gets aheads of the Ebola crisis
A helping financial hand from Iran;
New signs of Russian sickness...;
...breed denials in Moscow;
Putin's Caspian power play
ISIS holds out in the MIddle East...;
...and sets its sights on Southwest Asia;
The basis for British intervention
Its [Airbnb] policy for the West Bank subjects Israel to a singular global standard and reflects an all-too-common narrative about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. By empowering one-sided Israel-haters, it also makes peace less likely, not more.