The Obama administration appears to have set its sights on Syria as part of its efforts to turn over a new leaf on Middle East policy. Recent days have seen a spate of diplomatic overtures by Washington to the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad. These overtures represent a major shift in American policy.
China blames "
high consumption"
West for financial crisis...;
...as the crisis pushes Taiwan closer to the mainland
Kyrgyzstan in the (cyber) crosshairs;
Immigration reform, Russian style
Iraqi elections are in;
An Iranian rebuked in Iraq;
Kyrgyz-Tajik border tensions;
An opening to Syria
Geithner breaks with tradition, labels China "
currency manipulator"
China warms to Protestant (but not Catholic) church