Missile Defense Briefing Report: No. 326
Is Canada back at the missile defense table? Plans for U.S.-ROK cooperation cause jitters in Beijing;
Taiwan and U.S. missile defense;
A step forward for GMD  
Is Canada back at the missile defense table? Plans for U.S.-ROK cooperation cause jitters in Beijing;
Taiwan and U.S. missile defense;
A step forward for GMD  
It was a century ago this summer – on June 28, 1914 – that Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip fired the "shot heard round the world," assassinating Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian empire, in Sarajevo. The killing served as a catalyst for conflict, bringing long-simmering tensions between various European nations to a boil. The result was a conflagration that was both global in scale and massive in its human toll. All told, more than 37 million souls perished in what became known as the "war to end all wars."
More details on massive China-Russia gas pipeline;
Ban on fasting in Xinjiang
 
Short-lived ceasefire in Gaza war;
Iraq names new speaker of parliament;
UN: Aid to Syria without Assad consent;
U.S. and Qatar strike $11 billion arms deal  
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