Eurasia Security Watch: No. 304
Baghdad will allow Kurds to pump oil in Turkey;
Syria's chemical weapons may be destroyed at sea;
Egypt hosts top Russian officials
Baghdad will allow Kurds to pump oil in Turkey;
Syria's chemical weapons may be destroyed at sea;
Egypt hosts top Russian officials
Tiananmen attack;
China and Iran work around sanctions
The deal hammered out over the weekend between the P5+1 powers and Iran in Geneva should have come as a surprise to no one. The White House’s dogged pursuit of some sort of diplomatic breakthrough with Iran, whatever the political and international-security cost, meant that an agreement — no matter how bad — was in the offing, unless the Iranians themselves decided it wasn’t in their interest.
Crackdown on PLA corruption, excess;
China, U.S. open joint center on Nuclear Security
Haqqani network leader killed in drone strike;
Electoral turmoil in Maldives;
Boycotting in commonwealth summit in Sri Lanka