China Reform Monitor: No. 713
Democrats warm to Taiwan;
Water and waste in shoddy Olympic plans
Democrats warm to Taiwan;
Water and waste in shoddy Olympic plans
U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney's visit to Ukraine, Azerbaijan, and Georgia this week was intended to reinforce relations with Kyiv and Baku and to restore those with Tbilisi. Georgia's brief war with Russia has negated impressive economic progress, eviscerated the country's U.S.-built military, and shattered expectations of a better future for its people. Many Georgians feel betrayed by Washington in this crisis, but the United States has seen its advice ignored and its assistance wasted.
Medvedev lays out "
guiding principles"
of foreign policy;
Revising history in Russian textbooks
Beijing and Manila navigate complex relationship;
Attacks in Xinjiang on the rise
SCO fails to endorse Russian position on Georgia...;
...but Venezuela gladly backs its new ally in Moscow