Russia Reform Monitor: No. 1786
Opposition parties unite to survive;
Magnitsky Act stalls in committee
Opposition parties unite to survive;
Magnitsky Act stalls in committee
For all their ideological fervor, revolutions in practice tend to be fairly predictable affairs. More often than not, when the initial groundswell of popular discontent recedes, the best-organized and most ideologically cohesive political factions assume power and proceed to run the show according to their own preferences.
Taiwan opposition seeks new leader;
Russia and China celebrate relations "
at an all time high"
Nasheed nominated for Maldivan presidential race;
Economic reforms in Myanmar;
India, U.S. plan trilateral talks with Myanmar;
Indian fleet gets unsolicited escort from China;
Taliban calls a ban on polio vaccinations;
India get U.S. waiver on Iran sanctions
Abbas' new ally;
China's growing ties with Uzbekistan and other central Asian nations;
Israel excluded from U.S. counterterrorism forum;
The dissolution of Egypt's lower house;
Erdogan: a modern-day sultan?