China Reform Monitor No. 1544
China helps Iran and Saudi Arabia resume ties;
China floats Pakistan a $2 billion loan;
Xi Jinping takes aim at the U.S.;
China's cities are trillions in debt;
China creates new data regulator
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Promise and Peril in the Caucasus
It is in America’s interest to encourage Turkey’s emergence as a counterweight to Iran, and to nurture the growing alignment between Ankara, Baku and Jerusalem.
China Reform Monitor No. 1543
U.S. will send Taiwan $619 million in arms amid PLA pressure;
China building scores of coal power plants;
China launches satellites to compete with Starlink;
Local debt rings alarms;
Younger Chinese struggle to find employment
Russia Reform Monitor No. 2574
Solovyov advocates soviet tactics against Ukraine;
More men for Putin's war machine;
Russia prepares for Crimean counteroffensive;
Wagner's recruitment drive;
Russia's collapsing arms industry
Ukraine remains at heart of freedom’s future
“The global struggle for democracy approached a possible turning point in 2022,” Freedom House writes in its latest annual report on political rights and civil liberties around the world. “There were signs … that the world’s long freedom recession may be bottoming out, which would set the stage for a future recovery.”