Russia Policy Monitor No. 2650
Former prisoner: Putin's regime will invariably collapse;
Moscow and Beijing collude on European espionage...;
...As Russia stirs up trouble in Britain;
The true cost of the Ukraine war, continued
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Iran Democracy Monitor No. 238
Energy jitters in Tehran;
A political wave of pardons;
Iran's new president faces student discontent;
Iran's bloody eastern border
The Failure Of UNIFIL: Do Your Job, Or Get Out Of The Way
It is hard to think of a United Nations agency with a more glaring failure in its core mission than the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, more commonly known as UNIFIL — and there has certainly been no shortage of contenders this year.
Russia Policy Monitor No. 2649
Russia’s demographic crisis continues;
Surging drone production...;
...Gets a helping hand from Beijing;
Moscow incentivizes criminal enlistment...;
...And fields a "grandpa" army;
Viktor Bout is back - and helping Moscow meddle in the Mideast
“The Iranian Bomb or Bombing Iran”: Israel Faces A Tough Choice
Israel Mulls Its Iran Options: With considerable trepidation, the Middle East, and indeed the wider world, is awaiting Israel’s response to Iran’s massive October 1st missile barrage on the Jewish state. The White House, fearful of a wider regional war, is exerting massive (albeit mostly quiet) pressure for Jerusalem to limit its retaliation to something “proportionate” that doesn’t target either Iran’s nuclear program or its energy sites.