Russia Reform Monitor: No. 1789
New legislation takes aim at foreign-funded NGOs;
Business as usual with Syria
New legislation takes aim at foreign-funded NGOs;
Business as usual with Syria
Magnitsky Act passes Senate, but still faces hurdles;
Fear and loathing toward NATO  
Recent developments in Egypt, Syria, and elsewhere have convinced skeptics that U.S. human rights promotion in the Middle East causes more harm than good by inciting instability — positioning the Muslim Brotherhood and other anti-Western forces to win elections or otherwise seize power.
King Abdullah takes another stab at reform;
Egyptian power struggle intensifies;
Free Syrian army requests international intervention;
The Palestinian Authority's (ongoing) financial crisis
U.S. eases sanctions on investment in Myanmar;
Pak protests over reopening of NATO supply lines;
Afghanistan declared a major non-NATO ally;
Taliban commander reveals frustration