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South Asia Security Monitor: No. 252
Nato courting Moscow for Afghan assistance;
Pakistan's constitution gets a makeover;
More hardware to Sino-Indian border;
New intel satellite for India;
Iran and Pakistan reach deal on "
Peace Pipeline"
China Reform Monitor: No. 815
Beijing reins in media outlets and NGOs...;
... and mulls education reform
The Islamist Flirtation
Politics can offer some strange second acts. Just ask Mohamed ElBaradei, the Nobel laureate turned would-be presidential candidate who is now flirting with joining forces with Egypt's main Islamist party. Since leaving his post as director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in December, the 67-year-old diplomat has dipped his toe into electoral politics in his home country of Egypt. While still notional, ElBaradei's possible candidacy in the country's 2011 presidential election has galvanized Egypt's long-moribund political opposition.
Russia Reform Monitor: No. 1664
Kremlin moves to combat police corruption;
Yukos and the ECHR