China Reform Monitor: No. 977
No U.S. invitation to China for world's largest naval exercise;
PRC and ROC reassert claims to Spratlys to counter Vietnam
No U.S. invitation to China for world's largest naval exercise;
PRC and ROC reassert claims to Spratlys to counter Vietnam
Is Pakistan an enemy of the United States? For the past two years, the Obama administration has doggedly maintained that the South Asian nation remains a vital American ally, even as it has grappled with what it itself admits is a "complicated" relationship.
Europe and the U.S. may be in grim economic straits, but the Islamic Republic of Iran is doing just fine—at least if Iran's leaders are to be believed. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has insisted relentlessly that his country's economy is healthy, while Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has christened the current Iranian calendar year as the "Year of Domestic Production and Support for Iranian Capital and Labor."
Questions remain about Morsi's authority;
Turkey contemplates options after Syria downs warplane;
Where have all the Kyrgyz children gone;
U.S., Israel to hold 'dress rehearsal' for potential military conflict with Iran
The logic behind the IRGC's expanding empire;
Iran struggles with addiction;
Iran bolsters naval capabilities...;
...As regional neighbors scramble to adapt;
Iran's latest ploy to skirt sanctions