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Multinationals have invested billions of dollars into developing an energy thruway that circumvents Russian territory. With the recent Russian-Georgian war, the route's security is questionable.

Although the U.S. is neutral on who will be Pakistan's next president, Zalmay Khalilzad, the U.S. envoy to the U.N., has been speaking several times to one candidate. His conversations have angered State Department higher-ups, who put an end to them.

Russian President Dmitri Medvedev defied U.S. pressure and signed a decree Tuesday recognizing the independence of the breakaway Georgian territories of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. The move will further complicate strained relations with the U.S.

Violence in Afghanistan is at its highest level since the U.S.-led invasion in 2001. Friday, scores of Afghan citizens died in a military operation by American and Afghan troops in the Western part of the country.

In Cuba, one of President Raul Castro's most dramatic recent announcements was that he would allow private farmers access to up to 100 acres of idle government land. The plan is a shift toward private enterprise on the socialist island.

Russia shows little sign of ending its occupation of Georgia, but some Georgian citizens have found new ways to show their opposition. Former Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze says the more Moscow squeezes the current president, the more his authority will grow.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met with NATO allies Tuesday to take action against Russia for ignoring the cease-fire with Georgia. The group suspended formal diplomatic contact with Russia for the time being.

Russia may have decisively beaten Georgia during the recent conflict, but in Moscow analysts are pointing to three areas of failures: military intelligence; an inability to suppress Georgia's air defenses; and the use of massed military force.

The United States has found itself in a difficult position with the conflict between Georgia and Russia. Strobe Talbott, president of the Brookings Institution, talks about U.S. relations in the region.

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will ask Georgia to sign a ceasefire agreement negotiated by France's President Nicolas Sarkosy when she heads to Tiblisi Friday. She has toughened her rhetoric toward Russia, but the plan appears to make concessions to Russia.