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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
Lebanon’s former information minister arrested for bomb plot

Lebanese security forces arrested the former information minister of Lebanon and close ally of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad on Thursday. Michel Samaha, who served as minister of information under the late Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri, was detained...

Published Thu, Aug 09 2012 2:36 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Middle East, Lebanon, Syria
Why Venezuela's 'Plugged-In' Elites Hold the Keys to Its Future

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Published Fri, May 23 2014 12:11 PM by Foreign Policy

Filed under: Transitions
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
Iran Watch: War games or mind games?

Ron Prosor, Israel's ambassador to the United Nations, may have told reporters on Friday that international sanctions have been "more effective than people think." But his prime minister -- a longtime sanctions skeptic -- struck a different...

Published Tue, Apr 03 2012 2:35 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Iran, Iran Watch
Former Shin Bet chief pushes for a two-state solution without negotiations

Peace between Israelis and Palestinians depends on coordinated unilateral actions , not negotiations, former Shin Bet chief Ami Ayalon explained during a panel discussion at the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars on Thursday. Ayalon, who...

Published Thu, May 17 2012 11:41 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Security, Diplomacy, Politics, Middle East, Israel/Palestine
Canada: The world’s newest petrostate isn’t playing nice anymore.

Nearly 24 hours of voting, 425 pages of legislation, over 800 defeated amendments: This is the marathon from which Canadian members of parliament (MPs) emerged on June 15. The session, characterized by the Globe and Mail as "22-plus hours of consecutive...

Published Fri, Jun 15 2012 3:22 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: North America, Environment, Energy, Oil, Canada
Afghan Watchdog Sinks Teeth in New Target: Its Own Shaky Future

Since former prosecutor John Sopko took over last year as the top watchdog probing U.S. reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan, the organization has honed a pugnacious style that has irked military commanders, grabbed national news headlines and exposed...

Published Wed, Dec 11 2013 6:33 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Corruption, Afghanistan, Development
Morning Brief: Xi Pledges 'Decisive Role' for Market

Xi Pledges 'Decisive Role' for Market Top News: Chinese President Xi Jinping ended a party conference having secured a mandate to give the market a "decisive role" in his country's economy and new national security and economic decision...

Published Wed, Nov 13 2013 6:29 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief
Are North Korea's Gulags Bolstering the National Economy?

As many as 200,000 men, women, and children reportedly languish in North Korea's vast prison camp system, jailed for defying the state's strict edicts on anything from possession of foreign media to petty theft. Even being associated with someone...

Published Thu, Dec 05 2013 10:00 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: North Korea, Human Rights, East Asia, Economics
Egypt's invisible strongman

If you were to hold a contest for the most powerful person in Egypt today, the debate would likely center on an array of well-known personalities: Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, leader of the ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) perhaps...

Published Mon, Apr 16 2012 3:46 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Middle East Editors Blog
Iraqis Stream Out of Mosul as Army Flees Islamist Advance

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Published Tue, Jun 10 2014 12:23 PM by Foreign Policy

Filed under: Passport
The year’s most disturbing media story: British tabloid hacked dead girl’s phone messages

The British tabloid media is known for its hold-your-nose-and-admit-you-like-it tastelessness. But even by its own standards, the bombshell revelations that Rubert Murdoch's News of the World allegedly hacked into the phone of a murdered 13-year-old...

Published Tue, Jul 05 2011 3:40 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Europe, Britain
The new al Qaeda: 5 emerging leaders

It's been a tough couple of weeks for al Qaeda. Since the successful Navy SEAL raid that killed Osama bin Laden, the terror network has suffered additional losses that analysts say are taking a heavy toll on the group. Ilyas Kashmiri, al Qaeda's...

Published Mon, Jun 13 2011 4:17 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: al Qaeda, Africa, Pakistan, Middle East, Afghanistan, Southeast Asia, Arab World, Yemen

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The Biggest Losers

Lebanon’s former information minister arrested for bomb plot

Why Venezuela's 'Plugged-In' Elites Hold the Keys to Its Future

What To Get the Woman Who Has (Stolen) Everything

Caracas’s Airport Is Charging Passengers for Clean Air

Iran Watch: War games or mind games?

Former Shin Bet chief pushes for a two-state solution without negotiations

Canada: The world’s newest petrostate isn’t playing nice anymore.

Afghan Watchdog Sinks Teeth in New Target: Its Own Shaky Future

Morning Brief: Xi Pledges 'Decisive Role' for Market

Are North Korea's Gulags Bolstering the National Economy?

Egypt's invisible strongman

Iraqis Stream Out of Mosul as Army Flees Islamist Advance

The year’s most disturbing media story: British tabloid hacked dead girl’s phone messages

The new al Qaeda: 5 emerging leaders