China's Xi backs Palestine statehood;
China's gaokao exam tests Xi Jinping thought;
U.S., China revive drug control talks ahead of Blinken visit;
China expands open-source intelligence collection in the U.S.;
Thousands of Chinese entering the U.S. illegally
The debate over designating Wagner;
Minsk and Moscow's nukes;
The fate of Russia's military brass;
Russia revisits the food weapon
Washington solidifies Pacific presence;
Cambodia's Hun Sen throttles opposition parties again;
Malaysia snubs Western concerns, welcomes Huawei;
Canberra bolsters Manila's maritime awareness;
China boosts military cooperation with Laos
Military improvements;
Cleaning up government procurement;
Creating anti-corruption agencies;
Ukraine as e-government model
These are heady days for Turkey's president. Last month, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the country's larger-than-life strongman, eked out an electoral win over opposition rival Kemal Kilicdaroglu to secure a third five-year term in office. In the process, he dashed the hopes of many in the West for a more democratic turn on the part of NATO's only Middle Eastern member.