China Reform Monitor: No. 796
China, India continue military buildup along border;
Vietnam seeking multilateral forum for South China Sea dispute
China, India continue military buildup along border;
Vietnam seeking multilateral forum for South China Sea dispute
LeT alive and kicking;
India and Russia come to terms on aircraft carrier;
Nepal inching toward crisis;
Quadrilateral security for Asia... sort of  
When it comes to Iran, the Obama administration could learn a thing or two from Europe. That is because, even as Washington clings doggedly to its plans for "engagement" with Tehran, there are signs that a new consensus is emerging in Europe about confronting the Islamic Republic.
On Nov. 24, the Dutch parliament caused a minor political earthquake on the Old Continent when it voted to designate Iran's powerful clerical army, the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC), as a terrorist group under Netherlands law. The same measure also called for the IRGC to be put on the European Union's terror list--a step that would harmonize U.S. and European approaches toward Iran's ideological army.
State run magazine sheds light on Chinese "
black jails"
...;
...while Russian paper raises alarm over "
Chinese threat"
Another winter, another energy crisis?;
Poland in the crosshairs