WASHINGTON, March 5 — The Bush administration has decided to reach out more often and more intensively to Russia at a time when the leadership in Moscow is harshly criticizing American policy and some scholars say the United States has not sufficiently tended to an important relationship.
Plans by the United States to base elements of [...]

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Hu Jintao, president of China, has just completed an eight-nation tour of Africa–a visit that comes on the heels of a meeting in Beijing attended by some 40 African heads of state. Both the recent visit and the Beijing summit on China-Africa cooperation in November reflect China’s determination to establish itself as the benevolent, non-Western [...]

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Recent statements by Russian officials have taken an ominous tone. In one speech, President Vladimir Putin accused the United States of trying to impose its will on the world, while other leaders warn that American plans to install missile defenses in Europe will force Russia to target the host countries in the event of war. [...]

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Russian President Vladimir Putin has frequently called for the creation of a “multipolar” world in order to limit America’s ability to act unilaterally without consulting others, especially him. Putin has encouraged others, including the European Union and China, to join him in opposing American hegemony. Indeed, China and several EU governments, most notably France, have [...]

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Authors who are critical of Russia’s current political structure often write that the Kremlin has no proper foreign policy, or rather that its policy is so vague, anonymous, and insufficiently centralized that it can only be described as PR actions. That view is shared by people across the ideological spectrum. A few words about ideology. [...]

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Pakistan’s remote Federally Administered Tribal Areas (the tribal lands) have been a training ground for insurgents and a focal point for terrorism fears, particularly since the 9/11 attacks. President Pervez Musharraf finds himself squeezed between U.S. demands to control militants in the tribal lands and opposition from his own army against fighting the region’s predominant [...]

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Barring any surprises, Osama bin Laden will mark his fiftieth birthday on March 10. Five years ago, it seemed unlikely that the man would survive to celebrate the occasion, at least not outside U.S. custody. Not only does al-Qaeda’s leader remain at large, but he is rallying the troops. Recent reports suggest bin Laden and [...]

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China’s prime minister promised yesterday to curb the lavish lifestyles of Communist Party leaders and bring an end to the land grabs by local officials that have sparked a wave of popular unrest.
In an unusually populist move, Wen Jiabao also promised massive spending increases on health and education.
The Chinese National People’s Congress, Wen Jiabao promises [...]

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Is regional giant Brazil about to move a little closer to Washington and a little farther away from Venezuela’s narcissist-Leninist leader Hugo Chavez ?
U.S. and Brazilian officials say the two leaders will discuss cooperation in producing ethanol, which would allow Brazil to export its ethanol-producing technology, and help the United States reduce its dependence on [...]

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(IsraelNN.com) Syrian terrorists said they tossed mines across the Syrian border into Israel. Israeli officials claimed the attackers were shepherds. The provocative tactics copy those used by Hizbullah ahead of last year’s war in Lebanon.
In a statement to WorldNetDaily, the new Syrian terrorist group said that it was responsible for planting six mines across the [...]

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