Eurasia Security Watch: No. 218
YEMEN INCHES TOWARD PEACE;
WITH AN EYE ON IRAN, ISRAELI UNVEILS NEW DRONE;
U.S. REAFFIRMS CENTRAL ASIA TIES;
AKP STEPS UP BATTLE AGAINST MILITARY IN TURKEY
YEMEN INCHES TOWARD PEACE;
WITH AN EYE ON IRAN, ISRAELI UNVEILS NEW DRONE;
U.S. REAFFIRMS CENTRAL ASIA TIES;
AKP STEPS UP BATTLE AGAINST MILITARY IN TURKEY
New movement in "
New Europe"
...;
...amid intransigence in Istanbul;
A nuclear football of a different sort;
Zero-sum in South Asia
Change is afoot in Pakistan. Evidence was on display in early February, with the capture of the Afghan Taliban’s number two commander, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, in a joint operation by the CIA and Pakistani intelligence. The arrest of Baradar, who had been operating with relative impunity in Pakistan for years, was met with elation in Washington, where officials have been fruitlessly pressing the Pakistanis to crack down on the Afghan Taliban since 2001.
One step forward, one step back in Chechnya;
Repopulating the Far East  
India, China struggle for influence in neighborhood;
Russia-China trade drops precipitously in 2009