The Venezuelan opposition is waiting for a showdown in presidential elections set for Oct. 7, but a corrupt Chavista cadre has already seized the advantage and will seek to hold on to power by any means necessary.

Stability in the Indo-Pacific rests on the degree to which the United States continues to forward and base hundreds of thousands of its military forces, along with ships, submarines, and fighter planes. A precipitous U.S. withdrawal would certainly lead to unforeseen effects and a breakdown in relations would almost certainly cause economic disruption and possibly lead to wider global conflict.

The coming cycle is well worth our attention, not because of the results but because of the political, social and economic contexts in which these elections are going to take place. This cycle is quite different from the three preceding ones, in 2000, 2004 and 2008. And therefore, what might happen after the election could be quite different as well.

At the NATO summit in Chicago, the much hoped-for deal between the United States and Pakistan to reopen NATO supply routes through Pakistan did not materialize. The experience of the closure and the negotiations has laid bare the changed relationship between the U.S. and Pakistan.

The United States and its allies and partners must not only understand Iran’s regional strategy and influence but also develop a coherent strategy of their own with which to confront them. Considering the relative economic, political, and diplomatic power of the two sides, it is unacceptable for the United States and its allies to allow Iran even such progress as it has made in these realms.

The so-called Ergenekon conspiracy in Turkey appears to be a largely fictionalized construct.

While Bo's story is about power, it should not obscure the fact that there is an ideological struggle going on inside China.

Podhoretz criticizes Bush's foreign policy and relatesBush's decisions to the arguments made by the 2008 presidential candidates in the upcoming election.