China Reform Monitor: No. 1158
China building runways on disputed islands;
Spotlight on ivory trade in China
 
China building runways on disputed islands;
Spotlight on ivory trade in China
 
India, China hold annual defense dialogue;
Rafale deal sees progress;
Lakhvi released, Aqis targeted in drone strikes;
Pakistan, U.S. seal weapons deal;
Bangladesh executes Jamaat-E-Islami leader
Still more nostalgia for Stalin;
Russia stares down NATO over Ukraine, the Baltics 
As global talks over Iran's nuclear program resume in Vienna this week, one can't help wonder whether, in a larger sense, the die of an Iranian regional, military and economic victory has already been cast. From Washington to Berlin, Moscow to Beijing, and many places in between, Iran's isolation is disappearing as governments and businesses prepare to exploit its return to global respectability.
Targeting the Islamic State's antiquities trade;
Boko Haram's youngest victims;
The Islamic state's Ba'athist roots;
The Islam state and Russia