Headlines, July 17 edition
BACKGROUNDER Sleeper agents planted during Cold War are sentenced in Germany Syria backs China: Diplomat claims Uighur ‘terrorists’ helping rebels Russian ally Kyrgyzstan closes strategic U.S. air base for (more…)
Headlines, July 10 edition
BACKGROUNDER Russia’s brisk arms trade business seen driving its foreign policy Exploiting waning U.S. influence in Iraq, Russia sells attack helicopters Moscow upgrading level of weapon systems it will (more…)
Headlines, June 26 edition
BACKGROUNDER Pentagon buys M-17 Russian military helicopters for Afghan Army Obama cancels Abe meeting at G8 in apparent deference to Beijing Turkey to buy Landing Helicopter Assault (LHA) ships (more…)
Headlines, June 19 edition
BACKGROUNDER Japan poised to shift huge investment, factories from China to India Russia weighs entering Syrian war with paratroopers to Golan Heights On eve of Iranian election, U.S. imposes (more…)
Headlines, June 12 edition
BACKGROUNDER Japan scrambles to catch up with China’s yuan diplomacy in Africa Cyber threat emerges as top agenda item for NATO defense summit Russia, China to stage joint anti-terror (more…)
Headlines, June 5 edition
BACKGROUNDER Russia’s Medvedev hints he might resign amid signs of rift with Putin Karzai welcomed in India which he sees filling gap left by NATO exit India activates nuclear (more…)
Headlines, May 29 edition
BACKGROUNDER Russian Pacific Fleet enters the Mediterranean in challenge to West The Russians are coming . . . to Latin America Germany breaks pattern with sale of advanced tanks (more…)
Headlines, May 22 edition
BACKGROUNDER Russia’s counter-intelligence arrests, turns over CIA agent in Moscow China, India in race to establish carrier-borne fighter squadrons Russia loses lease on Ukraine’s carrier pilot training site, plans (more…)
Headlines, May 15 edition
BACKGROUNDER Russian exercise near Georgia redirected to Syria after Israeli strike Australia to buy 100 F-35s while going wobbly on its China policy Abbas and Netanyahu made simultaneous official (more…)