Russia Reform Monitor: No. 1661
One step forward, one step back in Chechnya;
Repopulating the Far East  
One step forward, one step back in Chechnya;
Repopulating the Far East  
India, China struggle for influence in neighborhood;
Russia-China trade drops precipitously in 2009
If it's true that in politics you are judged by the caliber of your enemies, Yukiya Amano is off to a stellar start. The 62-year-old Japanese technocrat has only been at the helm of the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), for two months, but he is already exceedingly unpopular with the Iranian regime.
SORE WINNERS IN SRI LANKA;
INDIA WARMS TO TALKS WITH THE TALIBAN;
BOMB BLAST IN PUNE BREAKS INDIAN PEACE;
INDIAS BM PROGRAM RAISES EYEBROWS IN ASIA
U.S.-Russian arms pact inches forward;
New Russo-Japanese territorial tensions