Russia Reform Monitor: No. 2020
Belarus as training ground for pro-Russian forces;
How the Kremlin censors the Internet
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China Reform Monitor: No. 1195
China warns foreign spy agencies targeting Tibet;
Beijing watching Myanmar elections with unease
Eurasia Security Watch: No. 353
Turkey: No apology for downed Russian plane;
EU and Turkey come to migrant agreement;
IAF attacks Syrian army, Hezbollah;
Four Egyptian police killed in ISIS attack;
U.S. Senators call for 20,000 troops in Iraq and Syria
China Reform Monitor: No. 1194
Railway to link China and Laos;
In Tibet, no religion for Party officials
An Innocent Mistake
Before year's end, the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama is reportedly planning to conduct a second freedom of navigation operation (FONOP) around one of China's new artificial islands in the South China Sea. Designed to show that the United States will not recognize any Chinese attempt to establish expansive maritime rights around its man-made outposts, the operation will mark the second mission in as many months, after an October 27 FONOP around China's Subi Reef.