South Asia Security Monitor: No. 244
LeT alive and kicking;
India and Russia come to terms on aircraft carrier;
Nepal inching toward crisis;
Quadrilateral security for Asia... sort of
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Toughen Up On Iran
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.
China Reform Monitor: No. 795
State run magazine sheds light on Chinese "
black jails"
...;
...while Russian paper raises alarm over "
Chinese threat"
Russia Reform Monitor: No. 1654
Another winter, another energy crisis?;
Poland in the crosshairs
Iran Democracy Monitor: No. 97
The strange case of Shahram Amiri;
A nuclear tipping point?;
Human rights as a political weapon;
Intimidating Iranians abroad;
A pernicious intelligence partnership