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...people abroad, Obama's greatest achievement is casting off the paranoia of the Bush-Cheney era. Opening up to Iran and Syria, getting closer to Turkey and dissociating the war on terror from the vast Muslim world are good signs. The test as always will be Israel and Palestine - and his window of opportunity may be no wider than the next 100 days. Will he define his vision of the two-state solution as compared to that of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman of Israel: more settlements, cantonization and no control over water rights or travel...
...National People's Congress in March, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao dangled an olive branch, saying that Beijing stands ready to "create conditions for ending the state of hostility and concluding a peace agreement between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait." (Read "Taiwan's Leader Keeps Low Profile Abroad...
...people abroad, Obama's greatest achievement is casting off the paranoia of the Bush-Cheney era. Opening up to Iran and Syria, getting closer to Turkey and dissociating the war on terror from the vast Muslim world are good signs. The test as always will be Israel/Palestine - and his window of opportunity may be no wider than the next 100 days. Will he define his vision of the two-state solution as compared to Netanyahu and Lieberman's: more settlements, cantonization and no control over water rights or travel? Lieberman has said, "Believe me, America accepts all our decisions." Will...
...between the two countries over their closely linked histories. Political analysts say the disagreement, like the gas conflict, is driven by Russia's desire to stymie Ukraine's attempts to forge an independent future. "It's an instrument that Russia uses to maintain influence in its so-called near abroad," says Valeriy Chaly, director of international programs at the Razumkov Center think tank in Kiev, referring to the former Soviet bloc countries. "History can be used to create a political nation. It's an important process that brings Ukraine closer to Europe. But Russia wants to stop, or at least...
...that would make it a criminal offense to belittle the Soviet victory. Critics say these moves are aimed at stopping people from talking about the more unpleasant parts of the country's past and that they are a response to the revision of Soviet history in Russia's "near abroad," where many see the Soviet advance during the war not as a liberation but as the start of an occupation...