Russia Reform Monitor: No. 1943
How Putin does political business;
The EU goes wobbly
 
How Putin does political business;
The EU goes wobbly
 
Big gains for DPP in Taiwan;
China accelerates artificial island-building in South China Sea
 
Secretary of State John Kerry is confident that an agreement on Iran's nuclear program can be concluded in three to four months, or sooner. But maybe it will be later - or maybe not at all.
In recent months, discussions of Russia in Washington and European capitals have focused on the Kremlin's ongoing neoimperialist aggression against Ukraine. But Wednesday's coordinated terrorist assault on the Chechen capitol of Grozny—which left at least 20 dead and scores more injured—should refocus global attention on a problem that Russia itself increasingly is confronting: a resilient wave of radical Islam.
China reveals new anti-ship cruise missile...;
...and tests new anti-satellite weapons