1) Anders Aslund in FP writes that including Russia in BRIC isn’t accurate. I made a similar point here.
2) India is floating withdrawing a “significant” number of troops from Kashmir, a move which could only help the tattered Indo-Pakistani relationship.
3) The EU has been increasingly vocal lately on East Jerusalem, most ominously—in Israel’s eyes—regarding a potential resolution recognizing East Jerusalem as the capital of an independent Palestinian state.
4) The Forgotten War in the North Caucasus goes on, and on, and on …
