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Lawton, Oklahoma: A Digit Away from Being Watched by the NSA

The Washington Post 's blockbuster surveillance story Thursday night revealed that the National Security Agency violated privacy rules a total of 2,776 times over the course of a year, but one incident in particular stands out: the time in 2008 when...

Published Fri, Aug 16 2013 2:00 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: NSA
Wikileaks' explosive scoop

It is utterly sickening to watch the video of what Wikileaks claims is "the unprovoked slaying" of two Reuters employees, Saeed Chmagh and Namir Noor-Eldeen. We watch events unfold through the perspective of an Apache gunsight, as the helicopter...

Published Mon, Apr 05 2010 4:16 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Middle East, Media, Iraq
Quiz: How many ambassadors to the United States are women?

For those of you who don't subscribe to the bimonthly print edition of Foreign Policy , you're missing a great feature: the FP Quiz. It has eight intriguing questions about how the world works. The question I'd like to highlight this week...

Published Wed, Feb 24 2010 9:27 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Diplomacy, Women, Hillary
Will Turkey bring Syria and Israel back to the table? Doubtful

Syria is ready to resume peace negotiations with Israel, but only if Turkey acts as the intermediary. Let's see how that works out. AFP reports : Foreign Minister Walid Muallem said on Sunday that only Turkey can act as an intermediary in any indirect...

Published Mon, Oct 04 2010 11:06 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Middle East, Israel/Palestine, Turkey, Syria
This Week at War: Could North Korea be the next Afghanistan? - By Robert Haddick

East Asia on the brink of small war. Read More...

Published Fri, Dec 17 2010 10:36 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Default, Free, Web Exclusive, Small Wars
Vatican bank investigated for money laundering

In yet another scandal for the Catholic Church, Italian authorities are investigating the Vatican Bank on suspicion of money laundering: The Bank of Italy investigation was prompted by two wire transfers which the Vatican Bank asked Credito Artigiano...

Published Tue, Sep 21 2010 9:52 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Drugs & Crime, Religion, Economics
Xinjiang disctricts get sister Chinese regions

China's Xinjiang province is known mostly for being a hotbed of separatist violence and government crackdowns on free speech. But not all the news coming from Western China is bad: just days after Beijing ended a controversial 10-month Internet blackout...

Published Thu, Jun 10 2010 2:30 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Human Rights, East Asia, China, Internet, Central Asia, Development
On Israeli TV News, Scenes of Palestinian Suffering Are Rare

The coverage could be contributing to a perception gap about the war in Gaza. Read More...

Published Thu, Jan 11 2024 1:57 PM by Foreign Policy
Friday photo: Body of Christ, head of Christ

A crane lifts the head of what will be the world's largest statue of Jesus Christ in Swiebodzin, western Poland, on Nov. 6, 2010. Father Sylwester Zawadzki told AFP that the statue he is constructing will be finished by Nov. 21. 'The statue will...

Published Fri, Nov 12 2010 1:24 PM by FP Passport
No-Bluff Putin

Anyone who says Russia is losing in Ukraine doesn’t understand how this game is played. Read More...

Published Wed, Jun 04 2014 9:59 AM by Foreign Policy

Filed under: Argument
What To Get the Woman Who Has (Stolen) Everything

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Published Wed, Jul 02 2014 1:25 PM by Foreign Policy

Filed under: Passport
Caracas’s Airport Is Charging Passengers for Clean Air

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Published Fri, Jul 11 2014 2:58 PM by Foreign Policy

Filed under: Passport
The Biggest Losers

Meet the two hapless candidates running in Syria’s stage-managed farce of an election to confirm president-for-life Bashar al-Assad. Read More...

Published Mon, Jun 02 2014 3:16 PM by Foreign Policy

Filed under: Dispatch
Watch: A Chinese Lake -- and a Way of Life -- Is Disappearing

An area that produces more than half of China's grain is losing its water. Read More...

Published Thu, May 29 2014 10:59 AM by Foreign Policy

Filed under: ChinaFile
A panda diplomacy setback

Panda diplomacy has become a pillar of China's soft power strategy, but the death of a week-old baby panda in Japan -- the first born to Tokyo's Ueno zoo in 24 years -- stands to disappoint those who hoped that its birth would motivate "...

Published Wed, Jul 11 2012 9:33 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Japan, Diplomacy, East Asia, China, International Relations

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Lawton, Oklahoma: A Digit Away from Being Watched by the NSA

Wikileaks' explosive scoop

Quiz: How many ambassadors to the United States are women?

Will Turkey bring Syria and Israel back to the table? Doubtful

This Week at War: Could North Korea be the next Afghanistan? - By Robert Haddick

Vatican bank investigated for money laundering

Xinjiang disctricts get sister Chinese regions

On Israeli TV News, Scenes of Palestinian Suffering Are Rare

Friday photo: Body of Christ, head of Christ

No-Bluff Putin

What To Get the Woman Who Has (Stolen) Everything

Caracas’s Airport Is Charging Passengers for Clean Air

The Biggest Losers

Watch: A Chinese Lake -- and a Way of Life -- Is Disappearing

A panda diplomacy setback