Rather than criticize the administration for its decision to appease bigots at the expense of their victim, American Jewish leftists have defended the administration.

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The arrest of Mr Markovic suggests that the Serbian government is gaining power at the expense of the Yugoslav administration responsible both for Serbia and its reluctant federal partner, Montenegro.

ECONOMIST: Yugoslavia

One of the questions I was repeatedly asked during a recent trip to the capital of Belarus was whether the Obama administration would opt for greater pragmatism at the expense of idealism in foreign policy.

WSJ: Europe's Last Dictatorship