Terri
03-03-2008, 08:32 PM
By Patrick Goodenough
CNSNews.com International Editor
March 03, 2008
(CNSNews.com) - In the close race for the Democratic presidential nomination, the rival candidates' foreign policy positions are drawing increasing scrutiny around the globe, and especially in the Arab-Islamic world, where significant security challenges face the next administration.
An unresolved nuclear dispute with Iran, resurgent violence in Pakistan and Afghanistan, Islamist extremism, Turk-Kurd tensions, regional meddling by energy-rich Russia and Venezuela, and Palestinian rocket attacks threatening to trigger a new Mideast war -- the next commander-in-chief will have a lot to contend with.
And while Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) is close to clinching the Republican nomination with his national security credentials largely undented, it's the Democratic race, where the presidential aspirants have more to prove, that is drawing most attention abroad.
More (http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewForeignBureaus.a sp?Page=/ForeignBureaus/archive/200803/FOR20080303a.html)
CNSNews.com International Editor
March 03, 2008
(CNSNews.com) - In the close race for the Democratic presidential nomination, the rival candidates' foreign policy positions are drawing increasing scrutiny around the globe, and especially in the Arab-Islamic world, where significant security challenges face the next administration.
An unresolved nuclear dispute with Iran, resurgent violence in Pakistan and Afghanistan, Islamist extremism, Turk-Kurd tensions, regional meddling by energy-rich Russia and Venezuela, and Palestinian rocket attacks threatening to trigger a new Mideast war -- the next commander-in-chief will have a lot to contend with.
And while Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) is close to clinching the Republican nomination with his national security credentials largely undented, it's the Democratic race, where the presidential aspirants have more to prove, that is drawing most attention abroad.
More (http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewForeignBureaus.a sp?Page=/ForeignBureaus/archive/200803/FOR20080303a.html)