Hidden from view during much of the Republican convention here, a fierce struggle has been under way to mold the foreign-policy approach of John McCain.

Now is the moment to forge a new, broader, politically potent coalition of realists to shape U.S. foreign policy.

Russia’s president, Dmitri A. Medvedev, laid out his government’s foreign policy principles, saying he rejected the notion of “unipolar” U.S. dominance of world affairs.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama could open talks with Iran on its nuclear program early next year if he wins the White House, a senior foreign policy adviser to Obama said on Thursday.

The German press had mixed reactions to Barack Obama's long-awaited VP-candidate pick. Some praised his choice for shoring up his weak foreign policy background; others derided him for picking a Washington insider.

Editorial: Not surprisingly, Pakistanis do not now associate domestic political freedom with US foreign policy

Barack Obama said he supports President Bush's position in the Caucasus crisis, while John McCain used the conflict to highlight his foreign policy skills. But the next US president will have to repair ties with Russia.

CONCERN among US foreign policy elites has shifted from Iraq to Pakistan with a majority believing it is the country most likely to pass nuclear technology to terrorists, a survey released today found.

REPUBLICAN White House hopeful John McCain has vowed to stand with "brave" new democracies that were once "captive" of the Soviet Union, and slammed the foreign policy credentials of his Democratic foe Barack Obama.

Speaking to RFE/RL on the eve of German Chancellor Angela Merkel's visit to Russia on August 15, the foreign policy spokesman of the Christian Democrat Union/Christian Social Union faction in the German Bundestag, Eckart von Klaeden, said Georgia has a "natural right" to choose its own allies.