Household registration restrictions to be relaxed - state council;
PRC nationals help Mexican cartels launder drug money;
Japan demands safety guarantees after Shanghai stabbing;
China expands crackdown on Myanmar scam compounds;
China removes tariffs on African imports
By tying the Accords to the current Iran conflict, the Trump administration risks turning what was previously seen by regional states as a strategic opportunity into something approaching an unwelcome obligation. Doing so would end up serving neither the Accords nor U.S. regional policy well.
Ankara moves against the Islamic State;
Shifting Palestinian public opinion;
Iraq's militias dig in...;
...As Iran's proxies collaborate
This essay by Dr. S. Frederick Starr was written for the meeting of the World Society for the Study, Preservation, and Popularization of the Culture of Uzbekistan, a body that has brought together Uzbek-sourced manuscripts from all the world’s museums. It has sent teams to the US, France, Germany, Turkey, and Japan, and has vastly expanded the known body of manuscripts from Central Asia, publishing them online and in print editions of superior quality. Dr. Starr has been a trustee since its founding in 2017.
The lesson is clear: both Trump and his successors would be wise to factor in the home front more strategically before the next U.S. military action abroad.