South Asia Security Monitor: No. 349
India and China seek more cooperation;
Taliban abandons key stronghold;
US won't sell Pakistan;
India, Nepal work towards resolving border issues;
Afghanistan averts electoral disaster
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An Iranian-Turkish Reset
Earlier this summer, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani paid a very public two-day visit to a surprising locale: Ankara, Turkey. The June trip — the first of its kind in nearly 20 years — represented a significant evolution of the political ties between Iran and Turkey.
China Reform Monitor: No. 1112
Two-child policy expanded to PLA;
China promotes Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
Russia Reform Monitor: No. 1910
The costs of annexing Crimea;
Russian nationalists discontented with the Kremlin
Iran Won’t Slow Down On Ballistic Missiles
With time for nuclear diplomacy between Iran and the P5+1 nations (the U.S., UK, Russia, China, France and Germany) running out, and with the White House scrambling to cobble together some sort of deal with Tehran, it's perhaps not surprising that Pentagon's latest annual assessment of Iran's military capabilities has so far garnered little attention, either within the Washington Beltway or outside it.