S. AmericanJonathanAnderson, nowan analystforthe investment bankUBS, fronted blues bandsinMoscow in the early '90sand in Beijing at the end of that decade.
This is the first time in modern history that the United States has failed to ratify a major arms control agreement, a development that has unsettled allies in Europe and Asia, while making Washington an easy target of criticism forMoscowandBeijing.
In Sudan hundreds of thousands are raped, murdered, and forced from their villages as the West's efforts to improve the situation are undermined by unconditional support for the regime in Khartoum from BeijingandMoscow.