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The Egyptian revolution devours its children

Wael Ghonim, the Google marketing executive who famously cofounded the "We Are All Khaled Saeed" Facebook page that helped spark the Egyptian revolution, is facing heat today for some comments he made on Twitter -- as well as resentment of his...

Published Wed, May 18 2011 10:55 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Middle East, Egypt

Watch Mubarak's Speech Live

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is expected to make a public address imminently to announce his plans. CNN is reporting , citing U.S. officials, that Mubarak will not seek reelection. CBS is currently running the following live feed from Egyptian state...

Published Tue, Feb 01 2011 12:21 PM by FP Passport

Genetic testing of far-right Hungarian politician provokes an uproar

If you think running for office in the United States is rigorous, then you haven't met Hungary's far-right Jobbik party. After the April 2010 legislative elections that handed the extremist group 47 seats in the national assembly -- and before...

Published Fri, Jun 15 2012 8:50 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Drugs & Crime, Politics, Eastern Europe, Race/Ethnicity

Iran Nuclear scientists reportedly assaulted with AC/DC

The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran has been attacked by malware once again. In a letter made public on the company's website, an unknown Iranian scientist from the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) contacted Mikko Hypponen, chief research...

Published Tue, Jul 24 2012 9:25 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Science & Technology, Security, Middle East, Iran

Meet 'Crazy Jack,' China's E-commerce Titan

A former employee says Jack Ma sees himself as artist first, businessman second. Read More...

Published Wed, May 28 2014 8:28 PM by Foreign Policy

Filed under: Tea Leaf Nation

Yergin: Crude Exports Would be a Win-Win

A new study adds fuel to the political debate over ending the 40-year old ban on oil exports. Read More...

Published Thu, May 29 2014 3:21 AM by Foreign Policy

Filed under: Report

Live now: State of the Union roundtable with Denis McDonough

Tune in at 1:00 p.m. today here for a live roundtable on the president's State of the Union address with Deputy National Security Advisor Denis McDonough. McDonough will be answering questions submitted by you, the readers, and asked by ForeignPolicy...

Published Thu, Jan 27 2011 4:45 AM by FP Passport

Putin/Medvedev losing support?

Take this for what it's worth, but a new poll shows that Russia's slumping economy and recent evidence of vote-rigging in national elections might finally be having an effect on public support for Russia's ruling tandem: Public trust in the...

Published Tue, Nov 03 2009 8:52 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Russia

Lebanon's season of hypocrisy

Lebanon's current political upheaval resembles a mirror image of the strife that overwhelmed the country from 2006 to 2008, when Hezbollah and its allies embarked on a two-year effort to topple the government. But this time, the tables have turned...

Published Tue, Jan 25 2011 8:31 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Middle East, Lebanon, Democracy, Axis of Upheaval

Obama Adviser: 'Extremism' Could Be Key to Ending Syrian Civil War

For the past two and a half years, as the civil war in Syria has descended into brutal bloodletting and spilled over its borders, Obama administration officials have consistently decried the growing presence of Islamist extremists in the conflict. But...

Published Wed, Dec 11 2013 8:35 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Terrorism, Russia, Middle East, Syria

Rohde and the Taliban

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 We're two installments into New York Times writer David Rohde's five-part epic on the seven months he spent as a hostage of the Taliban in Afghanistan and Pakistan. And...

Published Mon, Oct 19 2009 1:24 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Afghanistan, Central Asia, Taliban

Stop calling us terrorists or we'll blow you up!

The indisputable logic of the Pakistani Taliban: Meanwhile, a Taliban group also sent two letters to the Lahore Press Club – one on October 12 and the other on October 14 – warning that if the media “does not stop portraying us as terrorists ... we will...

Published Fri, Oct 16 2009 7:00 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Terrorism, Pakistan, Media

Was the Mali coup leader trained in the U.S.?

An interesting nugget from the AP's latest dispatch from Bamako: A diplomat who requested anonymity because he is not authorized to speak to the press said that [Capt. Amadou Haya] Sanogo, the coup leader, was among the elite tier of soldiers selected...

Published Fri, Mar 23 2012 10:50 AM by FP Passport

Who's in charge in Papua New Guinea?

It's not a simple question, as Edward Wolfers explains for Al Jazeera: The impasse between the two would-be prime ministers began when the speaker of parliament accepted the opposition's claims that the prime ministership was vacant. At the time...

Published Tue, Mar 27 2012 9:33 AM by FP Passport