Russia Reform Monitor: No. 1627
Murmansk goes against the grain;
A security pact with Abkhazia, South Ossetia
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China Reform Monitor: No. 755
Ex-pres Chen on trial in Taipei;
UK: Chinese tech firm can compromise comm. network
Missile Defense Briefing Report: No. 255
Budgetary ax falls on Bush-era systems;
Missile defense cooperation with Israel: continuity...;
...and change;
A helping hand for North Korea;
"
Iron Dome"
inches closer to reality
Iran Democracy Monitor: No. 88
Iran's influence in Iraq, revisited;
Khatami gets cold feet;
Iran's atomic game plan;
The enduring logic of nuclearization
Beijing’s Iranian Gamble
China's leaders are betting big in the Middle East. In the high stakes game of geopolitical poker now being played between the West and Iran over the latter's nuclear program, Beijing has clearly placed its wager on Tehran. If China's leaders are right, and Iran does succeed in going nuclear, it will drastically alter regional politics, and quite possibly the global energy picture as well. If they are wrong, and the Islamic Republic is stopped from doing so, the Chinese economy could end up being one of the biggest casualties of the resulting fallout.