Russia Reform Monitor: No. 1977
Russian demographics at the crossroads;
Nonprofits feel the heat
Russian demographics at the crossroads;
Nonprofits feel the heat
Last month 57 nations applied to become founding members of China's newest creation: the Beijing-based Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). Ostensibly designed to help finance projects that sate Asia's expanding appetite for infrastructure, the AIIB has left Washington struggling over how to respond. Some applaud China for assuming greater international responsibility and wielding soft power to aid Asia's growth. Some oppose the move as undermining the U.S.-led economic order and using aid as a tool to advance China's strategic agenda.
Beijing reverses on price controls for prescription drugs;
Chinese lakes drying up at unprecedented rate
Back to the "
Blackjack"
Hacking and the Ukraine conflict
North Korean capabilities cause Western, Eastern worries;
Pyongyang invests in its "
satellite"
program;
Debate over third U.S. interceptor site rages on;
New horizons for the S-400