Ukraine Reform Monitor No. 19
Tit-for-tat among Ukraine's corruption watchdogs;
Kyiv contemplates becoming a drone exporter;
The murky status of military innovation;
Making military service more attractive
Tit-for-tat among Ukraine's corruption watchdogs;
Kyiv contemplates becoming a drone exporter;
The murky status of military innovation;
Making military service more attractive
A new push for "morality";
Domestic repression deepens;
Iran expands missile capabilities;
Iranian investors eye the exits
The taps are running dry in Tehran. Iran's capital is now experiencing a massive and deepening water shortage. After months of drought and scorching heat, the five reservoirs feeding the city of more than 10 million are mostly empty.
Venezuela's Maduro seeks support... in Moscow, Beijing and Tehran;
Waning enthusiasm for the Ukraine war;
Russia green lights nuclear tests;
Poland plans to train civilians;
A growing domestic threat
Big changes are afoot in the South Caucasus. Back in August, in a move that passed largely unnoticed in the American press, the Trump administration pulled off a major diplomatic coup when it brought together Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan to ink a joint declaration formally ending decades of hostility between the two regional rivals.