South Asia Security Monitor: No. 355
Indian Ocean may be next desitination for Chinese oil rig' Big stakes in Sri Lanka election;
China hosts Taliban, may push reconciliation;
India, Pakistan continue trading fire at LOC  
Indian Ocean may be next desitination for Chinese oil rig' Big stakes in Sri Lanka election;
China hosts Taliban, may push reconciliation;
India, Pakistan continue trading fire at LOC  
New signs of life among the Russian opposition;
Moscow maintains focus on nuke modernization, and the Arctic
 
Christmas-related events banned in one Chinese province;
Turkey saves Uighur refugees in Thailand from repatriation to China
 
Is Russia rethinking preemptive nuclear war?;
Funding only for patriotic films
 
One of the first orders of business for the new Congress may be to consider a resolution authorizing the use of force resolution in Operation Inherent Resolve, the U.S.-led combined joint mission against the Islamic State group. Such a move would be long overdue.