South Asia Security Monitor: No. 339
UN probes Myanmar's sectarian violence;
IAF unprepared for two-front defense;
Australia, India approach uranium export deal;
Taliban killings suspend Pakistan talks
UN probes Myanmar's sectarian violence;
IAF unprepared for two-front defense;
Australia, India approach uranium export deal;
Taliban killings suspend Pakistan talks
A new alternative to the military draft;
Cairo comes calling?
As the high-speed downhill drama of the Winter Olympic Games wraps up in Sochi, one issue has faded from public view amid the spectacle: Russia's corrosive culture of corruption.
This is notable because before the Opening Ceremony, the Sochi Games had come under unflattering scrutiny. Myriad mishaps that have accompanied the Games — from bizarre toilets to brown water to malfunctioning door locks — went viral. Now those issues have disappeared.
North Korean missile threat prompts long-term Guam defense;
Amid diplomacy, growing concern over Iranian capabilities;
China strengthens space weapons with an eye toward the U.S...;
...While sending message with nuclear missile drill;
American assistance for Poland's defense;
Back to the drawing board for U.S. interceptors?
New attention to the Russian Far East;
Cleaning house for the Olympics