Iran Democracy Monitor: No. 104
Fissures in the IRGC...;
...as Iran's clerical army adapts to sanctions;
Walling off the Kurds;
Iran's two irregular wars
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Russia Reform Monitor: No. 1685
Some realism on Iran;
New START inches forward
China Reform Monitor: No. 841
China calls for closer mil-mil ties with Taiwan...;
... as it justifies its military buildup
China Reform Monitor: No. 840
China conducts war games in the South China Sea...;
... as U.S. warns of China's "
aggressive"
new approach
With Friends Like Islamabad, Who Needs Enemies?
What do you call an ally that tries to kill you? That's the question most Americans are asking in the wake of last month's dissemination by Internet clearinghouse WikiLeaks of some 92,000 classified U.S. military documents relating to the war in Afghanistan. The files provide a sobering portrait of the true state of play on the War on Terror's first front. Far and away the most damaging disclosures, however, are those relating to the pernicious role being played by Pakistan, long regarded as a critical American ally in South Asia, in supporting and sustaining the anti-Western insurgency there.