China Reform Monitor: No. 1092
China supports Russia in Ukraine;
Abuses in rural land transfers highlighted
China supports Russia in Ukraine;
Abuses in rural land transfers highlighted
Israelis, Palestinians at odds over recognition of Jewish state;
AQ may use Syria as launching pad for attacks on West;
528 Morsi supporters sentenced to death;
Saudi sentences suspects for aiding extremists;
Iraq's election commission resigns;
29 die in attacks on Tuesday
Beijing wants Hong Kong pols to be “
patriotic”
DPRK rockets fired in the vicinity of Chinese airliner
Still more problems for Dozhd TV;
Next stop, Moldova?
With all eyes on Ukraine, where Russia's neo-imperial efforts have raised the specter of a new Cold War between Moscow and the West, another alarming facet of the Kremlin's contemporary foreign policy has gone largely unnoticed; namely, its growing military presence in, and strategic designs on, the Western Hemisphere.