Read more foreign policy stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/8426/foreign-policy.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 7:07:41 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72317/gates-warns-japan-not-to-back-out-of-troop-deal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAll is not well between the US and Japan. Yesterday Robert Gates warned the country of serious consequences if it backs out of a troop movement deal the two countries spent 10 years negotiating. Japan’s new ruling party wants to reopen those negotiations, as it moves to redefine its relations...http://www.newser.com/story/72317/gates-warns-japan-not-to-back-out-of-troop-deal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 22 Oct 2009 9:03:26 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72064/obama-coming-up-short-on-human-rights.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident Obama's decision to skip the celebrations of the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall highlights the gap between his rhetoric on the campaign trail and the realities of his presidency, writes Bret Stephens. Obama hailed the "dream of freedom" in his big speech in Berlin last year...http://www.newser.com/story/72064/obama-coming-up-short-on-human-rights.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 20 Oct 2009 1:19:48 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71927/obama-sets-softer-sudan-policy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThough Obama advocated a confrontational approach to Sudan on the campaign trail, his administration will announce a somewhat soft policy toward the country on Monday. Ending months of internal wrangling, the policy is designed use to "pressure and incentives" to bend the government to address US concerns over the killings...http://www.newser.com/story/71927/obama-sets-softer-sudan-policy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 17 Oct 2009 8:51:59 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71871/obamas-foreign-policy-amateurish-and-naive.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident Obama's Nobel prompted Charles Krauthammer to review the administration's foreign policy moves to date, and from Iran to Russia to China, he finds nothing but failure. "It is amateurishness, wrapped in naivete, inside credulity," he complains. "In short, the very stuff of Nobels." Obama gets credit for planting seeds,...http://www.newser.com/story/71871/obamas-foreign-policy-amateurish-and-naive.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 16 Oct 2009 9:02:33 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71577/clinton-praises-russia-on-iran.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe US isn’t seeking further nuclear sanctions against Iran, at least not for now, Hillary Clinton said today, after meeting with her Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov in Moscow. The pair professed unity on the Iranian issue, with Clinton praising Russia for its “extremely cooperative” work. Clinton added that if pending...http://www.newser.com/story/71577/clinton-praises-russia-on-iran.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 13 Oct 2009 9:30:15 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71571/cheney-group-raises-cash-to-save-us-from-obama.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLiz Cheney’s new nonprofit launched its first online video today, kicking off fundraising for its anti-Obama campaign. Keep America Safe is dedicated to opposing what Cheney describes as Obama’s “radical” foreign policy. “Whether you’re a Republican or a Democrat, you want the nation to be strong and so many steps...http://www.newser.com/story/71571/cheney-group-raises-cash-to-save-us-from-obama.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 13 Oct 2009 9:27:10 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71419/joe-biden-is-obamas-best-gadfly-truth-teller.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBarack Obama's suave, controlled campaign may have winced when gaffe-prone Joe Biden came aboard, but the vice president has proven himself to be a necessary straight-shooter time and again in the administration's tumultuous first nine months. From Afghanistan to health care, Biden has become Obama's most reliable "truth teller," and...http://www.newser.com/story/71419/joe-biden-is-obamas-best-gadfly-truth-teller.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 11 Oct 2009 13:20:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70967/obama-tells-lama-to-stay-away.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn a move seemingly designed to appease China, US officials have asked the Dalai Lama not to meet with President Obama when he visits Washington this week. Typically, the Lama “drops in” on the White House whenever he’s in the capital, but Obama doesn’t want to meet with him until...http://www.newser.com/story/70967/obama-tells-lama-to-stay-away.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 05 Oct 2009 7:46:18 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70495/this-looks-like-a-job-for-the-neocons.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNeoconservatives are making a comeback and it's about time, writes Bret Stephens. They're back "because Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Kim Jong Il, and Vladimir Putin never went away," Stephens writes in the Wall Street Journal , and because the world wants America to use its strength to stop Iran and North Korea's nuclear...http://www.newser.com/story/70495/this-looks-like-a-job-for-the-neocons.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 29 Sep 2009 7:09:47 CDT