A French, Japanese, and Russian perspective on the United States.

Michael Ross discusses why switching oil suppliers to pressure authoritarian governments will not solve America's dependence on repressive oil producers.

Shadi Hamid: The Obama administration has not taken full advantage of the opportunities the Arab Spring provides for U.S. policy to encourage and support emerging democracies in the region, and should recalibrate its efforts to realize that economic and military policies are inextricably linked.

In the months since the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) issued its November 2011 report, which raised new questions about Iran's nuclear program, the debate in Washington, D.C., over Iran has grown hotter.

A Russian passenger plane crashed into a snowy field in Siberia shortly after takeoff Monday, killing 31 of the 43 people on board, officials said.

Firefighters rescue a two-year-old boy from the bottom of a dry well in southwestern China.

After an apparently solid election win for her opposition party in Myanmar, Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi says she hopes her victory will mark the start of a new era in the country.

Police in Moscow arrested dozens of people outside Red Square as protesters gathered to take part in a demonstration against President-elect Vladimir Putin.

Argentinian veterans mark 30th anniversary of the Falklands war at a ceremony in Ushuaia from where the invasion was launched.

Secretary of State Hilary Clinton spoke on the escalating violence in Syria and how the U.S. has pledged $12 million in aid including satellite communications equipment to the rebels fighting there.

Thomas Byrne discusses the positive outlook for South Korea's economy.

Secy. Clinton said 'in many of the areas where we are working to solve problems Russia has been an ally.'

Will that be enough for Israel?

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