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The Anti-American Demonstrations Raging In the Middle East And North Africa Extend Beyond The Violence Of The Day, Providing A Broad Diplomatic Challenge To President Obama’s Attempts To Forge Relationships With New Regimes Across The Arab World, Says Washington Post

The immediate crisis involves a pair of post-revolutionary Arab countries — Egypt and Libya — that Obama has worked to ensure will be supporters of the United States as they endure difficult transitions from autocracies to self-government. Now part of a bitter U.S. presidential campaign, the attacks this week will test the diplomacy Obama will use […]

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Chinese Companies and Foreign Policy Headaches For Nations: Huawei Cries Foul, Says U.S. Barriers To Harm Ties Between Two Nations

A paper published by China‘s biggest telecommunications equipment maker said the company’s path into the United States had been blocked by unsubstantiated “allegations based on allegations” that threatened to harm ties between the world’s two biggest economies. The complaint published by Huawei Technologies Co – topped by a reference to McCarthy-era Red Scare witch-hunting – was […]

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Eighty Percent of U.S. Asia Policy Is Just Showing Up

With China throwing its weight around the South China Sea, and snapping at Japan for its plans to buy disputed islands, the waters of the Pacific are looking a little choppy these days. Time for a little high-level diplomacy, you might think — something that not only eases tensions but also refocuses the nations of the Asia-Pacific […]

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