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Iraq's Abject Lessons for Mexico's Self-Defense Forces

Paramilitary groups are growing like weeds in the blood-soaked soil of Mexico's cartel hotspots. Across the country, self-defense groups have banded together to take on the country's cartels, and now the government faces a problem all too familiar...

Published Thu, Jan 30 2014 4:13 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Latin America, Middle East, Military, Iraq, Mexico, National Security

Foreign Policy wins Overseas Press Club award

We're very excited to announce that Foreign Policy has won an Overseas Press Club award for general excellence on the web . In a reminder of the major international news stories this past year, six of the OPC's 27 awards related to coverage of...

Published Wed, Apr 25 2012 10:47 AM by FP Passport

President's remarks on Flight 253 attack, Iran

The White House has posted the text of the statements U.S. President Barack Obama gave on the attempted terrorist attack on Northwest Flight 253 and the brutal Ashura crackdown on protesters in Iran. Choice quotes: the American people should remain vigilant...

Published Tue, Dec 29 2009 6:48 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Terrorism, Obama Administration, U.S. Foreign Policy, Iran

Pro-lifers claim abortion is holding the Swiss economy back

Economic arguments have a particular resonance during periods of sluggish growth, and that logic even seems to extend these days to the hot-button issue of abortion. In Switzerland, a new, very literally named initiative --"Protect life to remedy...

Published Thu, Feb 28 2013 7:00 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Europe, Politics, Women, Economics

Laura Poitras: American Spies Have Me ‘Lit Up Like a Christmas Tree’

…And Stay Out! Australia Signs a Deal to Unload Refugees Onto Cambodia

State of India's caste system: views differ

In the past week, both the Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal have featured vastly different takes on the caste system in India. The Washington Post 's headline : A 'Broken People' in Booming India Low-Caste Dalits Still Face Prejudice...

Published Tue, Jun 26 2007 3:36 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Human Rights, South Asia, Religion, Development, India

Peak oilman sticks to his guns

It never hurts to check up on what T. Boone Pickens is saying and doing. The Texas oilman, corporate raider, and philanthropist has serious cred, and it's unlikely that he's giving interviews in order to pump up his investments. His portfolio...

Published Fri, Jun 29 2007 12:24 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: North America, Environment, Energy, Economics, Business

Internal report dings State Department's media efforts

The State Department's public-affairs shop suffers from "poor communication, lack of staffing and uneven leadership," according to the AP's Matthew Lee , who got his hands on an unreleased copy of a new inspector general's report...

Published Thu, Feb 25 2010 7:28 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: State Department

Chavez on Wikileaks: Hillary Clinton "thinks she is superior to the black guy," should resign

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is loving WikiLeaks : 'Somebody should resign ... I'm not saying (President Barack) Obama, but they should do it out of shame ... It is their empire left naked. You should resign, Mrs Clinton, it's the least...

Published Tue, Nov 30 2010 9:08 AM by FP Passport

Morning Brief: Wikileaks reveals hundreds of thousands of U.S. diplomatic cables

Wikileaks reveals hundreds of thousands of U.S. diplomatic cables Top story: The self-described whistleblower organization Wikileaks began the release of over 250,000 U.S. diplomatic cables on Sunday, presenting an unprecedented inside look into the opinions...

Published Mon, Nov 29 2010 6:15 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Is Newt's zero-gravity sex idea any good?

This author cannot answer the question posed above from experience. But space sex has been a kind of final frontier for mankind (and a bonanza for headline writers: See " Houston, We Have a Problem "). And Newt Gingrich's contribution to...

Published Thu, Jan 26 2012 2:20 AM by FP Passport

WikiLeaked: France politely points out that Iran makes no sense

If you know anything about the first batch of WikiLeaks, it's that Arab officials have a lot to say about the Iranian nuclear program. (Shorter: They don't like it.) But they're not the only ones in a Persian state of mind: the U.S. Embassy...

Published Tue, Nov 30 2010 10:42 AM by FP Passport

King Abdullah wants to wipe Israel and Iran off the map

Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah probably refrained from expressing at least half this sentiment in his meeting today with President Obama: On June 5, he reportedly told French Defense Minister Hervé Morin that "There are two countries in the world...

Published Tue, Jun 29 2010 12:16 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Middle East, Israel/Palestine, Iran

China's military launches analog dating service to replace digital fun

While soldiers in the U.S. military can text, tweet, and produce all the Lady Gaga spoofs they want, digital life in the People's Liberation Army is a little bit tougher. And it's not likely to get any easier soon; on top of all the standard bans...

Published Wed, Jun 30 2010 7:05 AM by FP Passport