Alongside Bosnia Herzegovina, Serbia moved closer to NATO in 2006.

Instead of approaching his publisher for his next book, The Icarus Deception Why Make Art?, Godin launched a Kickstarter campaign.

Equally important was the fact that all the countries concerned expressed an ambition to move closer to the EU.

Assad s recent refusal to attend a summit in Tehran with his Iranian and Iraqi counterparts was a mere tactical move designed to appeal to the proponents of dialogue.

His role as a broker of sorts is mostly aimed at endearing himself to the US, where Congress is highly critical of his human rights record.

Morales and Chávez always emphasize their humble origins in order to appeal emotionally to those who share those characteristics with them, and to blackmail those who do not.

Rapprochement with the iconic Suu Kyi, like that of South Africa s apartheid era rulers with Nelson Mandela, was the core decision.

Therefore, the healing process often attempts to appeal to God because it is ultimately God who can not only inflict sickness, but provide a cure.

How every day opens to an arena of opportunities, not only to get close to Allah but to do much more that we might be oblivious on a regular day.

Even as Vietnam moves closer to the US as a hedge against China s muscular strategy, some Vietnamese leaders fear that the Americans remain committed to regime change.

Tiger meets the scientist but fails to spend enough time for his observance and instead begins to spend time with scientist's caretaker Zoya (Katrina Kaif), who is studying at a local dance academy.

Both major parties are appealing to the political center, but they will never be as convincing as a political party that really is in the political center, and that is unencumbered by the scandals attached to the past exercise of power.

South Korea s evolving foreign policy also may involve moving closer to China, as Korean nationalists join the Chinese in resisting Japan s rival claims to potential hydrocarbon deposits in the East China Sea and the Sea of Japan.

India s overtures to Pakistan s government have largely remained unanswered, and when Indian officials express their unease, the US, if not the international community, accuses them of behaving irresponsibly.

Within Vietnam s ruling Communist Party, there are deep divisions over the country s relations with the US. Even as Vietnam moves closer to the US as a hedge against China s muscular strategy, some Vietnamese leaders fear that the Americans remain committed to regime change.

For the Syrians, the major objective in concluding peace with Israel is rapprochement with the US, but they will balk at the Americans demand that they stop flirting with terrorism as a precondition for talks.

Many of these countries will look to the US as a strategic counterweight should China seek to assert local dominance. But some may conclude that it is safer to steer closer to China than away from it, because their economies depend so strongly on Chinese trade.