China Reform Monitor: No. 1242
China and Russia plan joint exercises in South China Sea;
Beijing pledges more "
humanitarian"
aid to Syrian military
China and Russia plan joint exercises in South China Sea;
Beijing pledges more "
humanitarian"
aid to Syrian military
Moscow eyes the Middle East;
Military modernization above all 
Who killed Muhammad al-Adnani?;
German hunkers down...;
...while Italy banks on culture;
Extremists south of the U.S. border
Greater cooperation with Russia in the struggle to defeat the Islamic State terrorist group (ISIS) and other extremist elements in the Muslim World is now being urged by a number of prominent Americans. Russia and America both have a problem with Islamists, goes the argument, so we should work together to defeat the common enemy.
A Russian-built backdoor to U.S. intelligence?;
Russian planes, Iranian basing