We are not in a cold war with China. That is too simple a metaphor to describe the state of Sino-American relations.

What happens when U.S.-backed dictators around the world die?

Is Fidel Castro's death as imminent as evidence suggests? What does the future hold for Cuba and its people?

The best thing the Obama Administration did for Asia did not happen in Asia. Sure it was important that the president announced the movement of troops to Australia.  Equally so was the announcement of the Trans Pacific Partnership which could lead to greater trade liberalization and is a powerful way to tie allies together.

The only leverage the U.S. had was to cancel the summit as soon as it learned that China was going back on its word.

Liberals and libertarians may vilify President Bush and Vice President Cheney, but dictators and terrorists now think twice about attacking the United States. Killing Americans again has a cost.

The Arab League, like so much else in the Muslim Middle East, has an identity problem.

The past two weeks of turmoil and drama in Sino-American affairs may well be the new normal, not an exception to an otherwise placid bilateral relationship. While Friday brought news of a possible deal allowing dissident Chen Guangcheng to leave China to study in America, that deal is no more certain than the earlier, failed deal, announced just days before