Relations with the Desert Kingdom suffered before 9/11. Now they're on the ropes. But Washington can ill afford the loss of this critical ally, even when it's not on its best behavior.
The run-up to Indonesia's presidential run-off election in September may see its moderate-left president join forces with an extremist reactionary general against their pro-American rival.
Democratic frontrunner Howard Dean took two dramatic steps in foreign policy Monday that suggest he is switching tactics and seeking to encompass the "right", or Bill Clinton wing of the Democratic Party on foreign policy.
The triumph of Protestant and Catholic hard-line political parties in Northern Ireland's Assembly elections last week is a stunning setback for President Bush's war on terror.
