China Reform Monitor: No. 1175
Kazakhstan and China talk border security;
Xi has yet to visit DPRK, meet with Kim Jong Un  
Kazakhstan and China talk border security;
Xi has yet to visit DPRK, meet with Kim Jong Un  
PARNAS makes new plans;
Russians willing to trade freedom for prosperity
 
Turnover atop the PLA;
Beijing issues new draft cyber security law
 
In Washington, worries over latent nuclear potential;
A shot in the arm for Iran's military budget;
Fear and loathing in Riyadh...;
...and Israel
Buried within the 150-plus pages of technical minutia and regulations that make up the recently concluded nuclear deal between the P5+1 powers and the Islamic Republic of Iran lies a stunning revelation, the full import of which has not yet been adequately appreciated by the international community. It is that the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), as the agreement is formally known, is designed to serve as nothing less than a Marshall Plan for the world's leading state sponsor of terrorism.