The euphoria to which Turkey’s June 7 election results have given rise calls to mind an oncology ward patient learning that an experimental protocol might slow the advance of her tumor. The elation is warranted in rough proportion to the desperation of the situation. In other words, good news is, like most things, relative.
China objects to THAAD in ROK;
Afghan Taliban denies China hosting secret talks
One step forward, one step back in the info war with Russia;
Obscuring traces of involvement in Ukraine
Is the Islamic Republic of Iran a country or a cause? For decades, the question is one that has bedeviled Western observers. Foreign politicians and diplomats long have struggled to reconcile the Iranian regime’s radical rhetoric and destructive international behavior with its pragmatic participation in numerous treaty arrangements, and its prominent role in various multilateral forums.
Finally, a constitutional deal in Nepal;
ISIS and Taliban square off in Afghanistan;
India strikes militants across border in Myanmar;
China mining for rare earths in the Indian Ocean;
Carter in Delhi