1.   As host of the APEC meeting, the former general is seeking international credibility for a region that has languished in the shadow of its powerful Asian neighbors.

2.   As one European diplomat noted, gulf countries rely on the United States in one way or another to protect them from their powerful neighbors, Iran and Iraq.

3.   He ruled a small country surrounded by more powerful neighbors.

4.   If they cannot, they will never make very attractive partners for their powerful neighbor to the north.

5.   On the other hand, a more democratic Serbia could emerge, shorn of its present leadership, allowing Kosovo to retain some relationship with its powerful neighbor.

6.   Since nobody wants powerful neighbors, even when they are not hostile, the Western powers have been the natural allies of all who would break with Moscow.

7.   These days, however, Canada seems almost to be courting trouble with its powerful southern neighbor on the question of Cuba.

8.   Those who were familiar with the charges were reluctant to openly criticize their powerful Silicon Valley neighbor.

9.   Throughout history, Poland has suffered at the hands of its more powerful neighbors, most recently Germany and the Soviet Union.

10.   Why is Israel, a small democratic nation threatened by powerful neighbors, helping to menace Taiwan, another small democratic nation threatened by a nearby tyranny?