Strengthened ties with Australia, one of Washington's foremost allies, is seen as key to restoring a substantial American footprint near the South China Sea, which increasingly has been the focus of territorial disputes between China and other countries.
Strengthened ties with Australia, one of Washington's foremost allies, will restore a substantial American footprint near the South China Sea, a major commercial shipping route that has been increasingly the focus of Chinese territorial disputes.
But if Israel intends to leave one day, it had best start proving it not least to its foremost ally.
So Mr. Obama's 35-minute address appeared, at times, an effort to balance support for democratic movements against support for Israel, America's foremost ally.
But concern is growing that, at this critical juncture, South Korea's foremost ally is at best distracted, or at worst, may not longer be reliable.
The Turks, led by Davutoglu, have embarked on diplomatic ventures with Israel and Iran, America's foremost ally and its greatest adversary in the region, that have left officials and political leaders in Washington fuming.
BEIJING — China, North Korea's foremost ally, appears to be moving quickly to try to ensure stability in a crippled and isolated nation now facing a leadership transition fraught with dangers.
The Jordanian king, Abdullah II, made a swift solidarity visit to Bahrain, while the support calls poured in from many Arab countries, including a one from Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian president, and Iran's foremost ally in the Arab world.
For a risk-averse president pledged to end America's foreign wars, the reluctance of his foremost ally to repeat the Iraq mistake of 2003 and plunge headlong into another open-ended Middle East conflict was cautionary.
The agreement with Iran has further cemented concern about the reliability of the United States as the kingdom's foremost ally.
Trump traveled to Scotland and ended up touting the upside for his personal fortune of economic chaos roiling America's foremost ally following the vote to leave the European Union.
