South Asia Security Monitor: No. 283
Sri Lanka finds oil off coast;
Change of leadership at the ISI;
Progress on the Iran-Pakistan pipeline;
India, Iran looking to revive North-South Corridor 
Sri Lanka finds oil off coast;
Change of leadership at the ISI;
Progress on the Iran-Pakistan pipeline;
India, Iran looking to revive North-South Corridor 
More unrest in Xinjiang ahead of Party Congress;
South China Sea war of words continues
A nuclear disaster, narrowly avoided;
Russia still backing Syrian repression
Does Iran pose a direct threat to the U.S. homeland? For years, more than a few policymakers in Washington have taken quiet comfort in the notion that, no matter how vexing a challenge Iran and its nuclear ambitions might be, the Islamic republic remained a distant adversary — one not yet capable of putting America at risk.
Saudi-Iraq embrace;
Tajikistan feeling social media heat;
Rare protest victory in Azerbaijan;
Finding common ground on Iran