China Reform Monitor: No. 920
CPC looks to strengthen auditing of the PLA;
Taiwan deploying new missiles to target Chinese airports, harbor
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Iran Democracy Monitor: No. 112
Iran's Cultural Revolution Inches Forward;
Malaise and Despair in the Islamic Republic;
Blowback from the "
Arab Spring"
Iran-Pakistan Pipeline Inches Forward;
New American Attention to Democracy in Iran
South Asia Security Monitor: No. 278
Pakistan looks to reform FATA governance... sort of;
China upgrades missiles, India upgrades missile defense;
India and China spar at sea;
Maoists still threat #1
China Reform Monitor: No. 919
China and India spar at sea;
Russians in the Far East find greener grass in China
Iranian Cyberwar
Does the Islamic Republic of Iran pose a cyber threat to the United States? On the surface, the idea seems far-fetched. Squeezed by sanctions over its nuclear ambitions, suffering from widespread social malaise and weathering unprecedented divisions among its leadership, Iran hardly seems an imminent threat to the U.S. homeland - even if it does pose a vexing challenge to American interests in the greater Middle East.
Yet mounting indicators suggest that Iran's leadership is actively contemplating cyberwarfare against America and its allies.