Russia Reform Monitor: No. 1634
Sweetening the pot for Pyongyang;
Are energy wars in Russia's future?
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Iran’s Nuclear Threat: The Day After
Iran is on the brink of attaining a nuclear weapons capability. The U.S. should immediately put in place the foundations of a strategy to dissuade Tehran from attaining a nuclear weapon through diplomacy, disarm it through military force, or establish a robust framework of augmented deterrence to mitigate the threat posed by a nuclear Iran and prevent a future disaster from unfolding.
Russia Reform Monitor: No. 1633
The Sino-Russian partnership hits a speed bump;
Kuril islands to remain a contested issue
Obama and the Two Muslim Worlds
When President Obama delivers his long-awaited speech in Egypt on Thursday, he will be fulfilling his inaugural pledge to "seek a new way forward" with the Muslim world. But finding areas of mutual interest may prove far more difficult than the president imagines. That is because, in recent years, the Middle East has seen the crystallization of regional politics around two distinct ideologies. Call it the new bipolarity.
China Reform Monitor: No. 764
Beijing praises U.S. action against Uighur separatists;
DPP warming to better relations with the mainland