China Reform Monitor: No. 1037
China to freeze terrorist funds;
Nationalists criticize “
constitutionalism&rdquo
China to freeze terrorist funds;
Nationalists criticize “
constitutionalism&rdquo
Ahead of elections, Iran's Internet goes dark...;
...executions rise...;
...and field of candidates gets smaller;
The Iranian cyber threat, reloaded;
Iran's deepening footprint in Syria
I suspect that I’m like many of you. I want to believe Israeli-Palestinian peace is coming, that the two sides will soon agree to borders, Palestinian terrorists will stop launching rockets from Gaza, and ultra-right Israelis will abandon dreams of absorbing the West Bank into a “Greater Israel.”
More details on China’
s cyber-war;
President Xi pledges greater cooperation with Red Cross  
Of all the variables that dictate the fate of nations, demography might just be the most decisive. The pace of populations—how they grow, change and decline—helps shape a country’s political outlook, its internal makeup, and its place in the world. It can also provide useful insights into a nation’s foreign policy priorities.