This could be part of the problem. Obama, in his chats with nine world leaders, told SK President Lee the US-ROK relationship is a “cornerstone” of Asian stability. Good thing he noticed.

Medvedev rounded on the United States for ills ranging from the global financial crisis to the recent war in Georgia, in a state-of-the-nation speech that was watched intently by his mentor Vladimir Putin, and omitted mentioning Obama by name.

http://news.theage.com.au/world/russias-medvedev-hits-out-at-us-20081105-5ilq.html

It's amazing how quickly the (*hit has hit the fan.

Iran now not happy about Obama's "nuclear criticism."

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/11/08/iran.obama/index.html

Russia will be moving up some of it's nuclear missiles to it's border with Poland (in response to the USA building a missile base there). Russia not happy.

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5g-8wLpXhQPVf6MQ1bzzhrPVzor7gD94AUDT00

Not to mention the economy
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aTP1DuSuMY38&refer=home

Or, all the other stuff:
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-fg-fornpolicy8-2008nov08,0,3835847.story