Yesterday’s raid by the IDF on the ‘Freedom Flotilla’- an aid convoy en route to Gaza- amounts to one more diplomatic nightmare for an Israeli government that is finding itself increasingly bereft of international support.

Now that DPRK involvement in the sinking of the Cheonan is beyond the shadow of a doubt, the crisis has entered a new phase in which one misstep can trigger military conflict.

Threats, carrots, and sticks have all failed to dislodge red shirt protestors from central Bangkok. As violence continues to harden positions on both sides of the barricades, widespread civil strife is becoming more and more likely.

The Greek sovereign debt crisis has dragged the global economy to the brink of a much-feared ‘double dip’. But, is it merely a precursor to a similar crisis unfolding in America?

Despite an announcement of a massive bailout, the future of the Greek economy- and by extension the entire euro zone as well- is now more at risk than ever.

In the wake of last week’s highly symbolic though hollowed-out election in Sudan, the question on everyone’s mind is no longer whether or not the south will secede in 2011, but how bloody their secession will be.

Last week’s BRIC countries summit in Brasilia witnessed the beginning of what will surely become a trend over the next few decades: BRIC coordination against the United States on important issues in international society.

Recent events in Kyrgyzstan have once again shone a spotlight on the politically fragile, though geopolitically crucial region of Central Asia.

US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner’s recent announcement that the US is postponing its official report on China’s currency is being hailed in the mainstream media as a diplomatic reprieve to entice Beijing to revalue its yuan (renminbi) and normalize bilateral trade.

Russia is poised to occupy the diplomatic space created in Latin America by American decline.