Russia Reform Monitor: No. 1577
Russia threatens to play the Cuba card... again;
Medvedev concerned that "
offices are for sale"
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China Reform Monitor: No. 705
Chinese trade surplus grows...;
...but the spying continues
Eurasia Security Watch: No. 180
Al-Qaeda's newest victims;
"
Status of forces"
on hold;
All eyes on the Strait of Hormuz;
Turmoil in Turkey;
An Islamist attack in Uzbekistan?
Russia Reform Monitor: No. 1576
Russian navy: assertive in the Arctic;
Russian provocations fuel fears of war with Georgia
Al-Maliki Raises Hopes For A More Stable Iraq
Give Nouri al-Maliki credit. Since assuming his post in May 2006, Iraq's embattled prime minister has been written off by more than a few observers as an agent of Iranian influence or a cat's paw of the US-led Coalition. However, since early this year, Al-Maliki has definitively proven that he is neither. In the process, he has moved his country considerably closer to lasting stability.