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John Kerry lives. Let's suppose for the moment that al-Qaeda's new base in eastern Syria, Hezbollah's deployment of tens of thousands of missiles in Lebanon and the crumbling of the U.S.-fostered Iraqi political system pose no particular threat to America. That still leaves U.S. allies in the region —
not just to manage clashes. This almost certainly means accepting existing areas of control: China keeps Aksai Chin in the west, India holds on to Arunachal Pradesh in the east. And Mr Singh said "negotiations towards a fair, reasonable, and mutually acceptable EFTA00675629 settlement" to the border question
its supporters for fighting Sunni groups makes it easier for the party to commit crimes like the recent assassination of General Wissam Al Hassan, Lebanon's intelligence chief. Hizbollah denies any role in Friday's car-bomb attack, but its record makes it exceedingly likely that the "Party of God" was
the border impasse. The border may be "quiet," but tensions have spiked in recent years, with China reiterating its claim to almost the entirety of Arunachal Pradesh, a northeastern Indian state that the Chinese overran in 1962 and consider to be "Southern Tibet," while India has steadily beefed up its military
re probably linked with the survivability of al Assad's regime. But his removal might well hasten the slide into chaos within Syria and in adjacent Lebanon, rather than slow it. Al Assad's departure could even ignite a disintegration of the Syrian power structure into various gangs and militias. After
ved. In fact, over the past couple of years, China has actually expanded its territorial claims to include the entire Indian northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh. Sino-Indian differences extend into a number of other arenas as well. Beijing categorically refuses to accept the legitimacy of India's nuclear w
Entities connected to both Lebanon and Arunachal Pradesh

Barack Obama
PERSON
United States
LOCATION
George W. Bush
PERSON
Bashar al-Assad
PERSON
Tehran
LOCATION
Damascus
LOCATION
Jerusalem
LOCATION
Terje Rod-Larsen
PERSONthe West Bank
LOCATIONKremlin
ORGANIZATIONthe Soviet Union
LOCATION
Central Asia
LOCATION
Singh
PERSON
Kashmir
LOCATION
Bangladesh
LOCATION
Tibet
LOCATIONthe Council on Foreign Relations
ORGANIZATIONLadakh
LOCATIONthe Bharatiya Janata Party
ORGANIZATION
Jawaharlal Nehru
PERSON