The United States is engaging in seemingly contradictory moves toward Syria, but restraint born of an appreciation of the region's complexities will drive U.S. policy.
China needs a buffer zone it can control in the northern part of the Korean Peninsula, but it has no special attachment to the current regime in Pyongyang.
Under the terms of a prospective bailout, Europe would require Cyprus to use money from domestic bank deposits to pay for some of the country's financial assistance.
