President Rouhani of Iran is working to make life more open for Iranians and to build more bridges to the West. See "Not for Prime Time: Music Video with Iran's President" and "Iran Invites Inspectors to Nuclear Site".
On the other hand, China has declared certain air space as requiring permission for others to enter. The U.S., Korea, and Japan felt compelled to enter that air space. Now China is sending fighter jets into that space. See "China Sends Jets into 'Air Defense' Zone After Flights by Japan and Korea".
We have one situation slightly defused and another situation ignited. The first can bring about more peace, and the second can put war a lot closer than most of us want. Will we have a Kennedy and a Khrushchev to resolve the latter?
