September 2012 - Foreign Policy Public Health Blog

Syria is more violent than Iraq at its worst

Iraq's civil war traumatized the Middle East unlike any other event in the past decade. It destroyed Iraq's political and social fabric, contributed to the polarization of the Arab world along sectarian lines, and caused the United States to abandon...

Published Tue, Sep 11 2012 8:27 AM by FP Passport

Morning Brief: U.N. warns Syrian rebels over possible war crimes

U.N. warns Syrian rebels over possible war crimes Top news: U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay warned Syrian rebels that they could be prosecuted for war crimes and crimes against humanity after a series of videos showing mass executions...

Published Tue, Sep 11 2012 5:53 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Why Mitt Romney can't talk about Iraq

Sectarian tensions are once again rising perilously in Iraq after a court in Baghdad sentenced Sunni Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi to death in absentia -- on the same day that insurgents launched a wave of attacks across the country that killed nearly...

Published Mon, Sep 10 2012 4:15 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Election 2012, Mitt Romney

Syrian cyberwar rages on

They're at it again. The BBC reported on Monday that Al Jazeera was the latest media outlet to feel the wrath of the Syrian Electronic Army, a group of pro-Assad hackers who have recently been running amok in cyberspace. This time, the Qatar-based...

Published Mon, Sep 10 2012 9:44 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Science & Technology, Middle East, Syria

The life and deaths of Sa'id al-Shihri, AQAP's #2

Sa'id al-Shihri, the deputy emir of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), was killed today in the Yemeni province of Hadramawt according to the Yemeni Ministry of Defense. The report was met with skepticism by some Yemen experts. al-Shihri has...

Published Mon, Sep 10 2012 9:26 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Terrorism, al Qaeda, Middle East, Yemen

Romney, Ryan prioritize Iranian threat over Russian menace

The Obama campaign is still making hay over Mitt Romney's characterization of Russia as America's "number one geopolitical foe," most recently with the movie poster above promoting Senator John Kerry's dig at the Republican nominee...

Published Mon, Sep 10 2012 9:26 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Election 2012, 2012 Election Poster 1, Mitt Romney

More false rumor arrests in Mexico

The L.A. Times reports on Mexico's latest misinformation scandal: Authorities said five people, four men and a woman, were arrested Thursday evening in the Agricola Oriental neighborhood of the Iztacalco borough. They allegedly were warning residents...

Published Mon, Sep 10 2012 9:08 AM by FP Passport

Geert Wilders' American friends

Anthony Deutsch and Mark Hosenball suggest in a new article for Reuters that anti-Islam Dutch politician Geert Wilders' activities are being financially supported -- at least in part -- by anti-Islam groups in the United States: The Middle East Forum...

Published Mon, Sep 10 2012 8:54 AM by FP Passport

Some complications for Honduran Hong Kong

We've written a bit here before on Honduras's planned Región Especial de Desarrollo -- a planned free enterprise zone with its own legal and judicial institutions set up along the lines of economist Paul Romer 's "charter cities"...

Published Mon, Sep 10 2012 8:25 AM by FP Passport

Morning Brief: Iraqi vice president sentenced to death in absentia

Iraqi vice president sentenced to death in absentia Top news: On Sunday, an Iraqi court found Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi and his son-in-law guilty of orchestrating the murders of a lawyer and a security official and sentenced Hashemi to death in...

Published Mon, Sep 10 2012 5:29 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

The Election 2012 Weekly Report: Conventions Close

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE Democrats flex foreign-policy muscle At their convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, this week, the Democrats weren't shy about touting their rare advantage on national security in this year's election...

Published Fri, Sep 07 2012 4:16 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Election 2012, 2012 Report, 2012 Election Poster 1, Mitt Romney, Barack Obama

Could Ahmadinejad pull a Putin?

Golnaz Esfandiari reports on Iran's latest political controversy : During the interview, the reporter asked the president if he planned to publicly name people involved in state corruption, as he had promised to do. "There is only one year left...

Published Fri, Sep 07 2012 1:05 PM by FP Passport

Romney's climate change answer: All of the above

As has been covered extensively during the campaign, Mitt Romney believed humans caused climate change before he didn't believe it and before it became a punch-line in his speeches. In response to a question on the climate a s cience questionnaire...

Published Fri, Sep 07 2012 12:49 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Flash Points

Dems haven't had this much national-security swagger since LBJ

At the Democratic convention in Charlotte on Thursday evening, Vice President Joe Biden recycled a slogan he's often repeated on the campaign trail. "Osama bin Laden is dead, and General Motors is alive," he reminded a roaring crowd. The...

Published Fri, Sep 07 2012 6:10 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Election 2012, Barack Obama

Morning Brief: Putin looks east and swipes Romney as APEC summit begins

Putin looks east and swipes Romney as APEC summit begins Top news: As the 21-country Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit convened in Vladivostok, Russia, President Vladimir Putin touted his country as a potential energy partner for Asia, promising...

Published Fri, Sep 07 2012 5:30 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

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Syria is more violent than Iraq at its worst

Morning Brief: U.N. warns Syrian rebels over possible war crimes

Why Mitt Romney can't talk about Iraq

Syrian cyberwar rages on

The life and deaths of Sa'id al-Shihri, AQAP's #2

Romney, Ryan prioritize Iranian threat over Russian menace

More false rumor arrests in Mexico

Geert Wilders' American friends

Some complications for Honduran Hong Kong

Morning Brief: Iraqi vice president sentenced to death in absentia

The Election 2012 Weekly Report: Conventions Close

Could Ahmadinejad pull a Putin?

Romney's climate change answer: All of the above

Dems haven't had this much national-security swagger since LBJ

Morning Brief: Putin looks east and swipes Romney as APEC summit begins