China Reform Monitor: No. 1023
China to help finance IPI pipeline;
Uncertain future for China-Vatican ties
China to help finance IPI pipeline;
Uncertain future for China-Vatican ties
The financial crisis in Cyprus is, among other things, a stress test in relations between Europe and Russia. Thus far, neither has performed very well.
Relations between Washington and Moscow are currently in a sterile phase, and are likely to remain so for the foreseeable future. Europeans, on the other hand, like to claim they are much more effective in understanding and managing the Russians. But are they?
The largest gathering of billionaires in the world;
Chinese warships set new precedent in Korean waters
Controversial missile defense shield scrapped;
Hundreds of NGOs searched
Egypt rejects IMF loan;
Zawahiri's brother wants a salafist Egypt;
Chechen jihadists flock to Syria