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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

Final bin Laden tally: 21 mentions at Democratic convention

If you've been watching the Democratic convention, you're surely aware by now that Osama bin Laden is very much dead -- and Barack Obama gave the order to kill him. On Wednesday, I started keeping track of how many times Democrats mentioned the...

Published Thu, Sep 06 2012 9:30 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Election 2012

Netanyahu will be dragged into the U.S. election, whether he likes it or not

Throughout the 2012 presidential election, as talk of a possible Israeli strike on Iran's nuclear facilities has grown louder, there has been rampant speculation about whether Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu favors Barack Obama or Mitt Romney...

Published Thu, Sep 06 2012 8:08 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Israel/Palestine, Election 2012, Mitt Romney, Barack Obama

Barack Obama's foreign policy, by the numbers

During national security night at the Democratic convention this evening, we'll hear a lot about how Barack Obama has navigated international affairs. But what do those actions look like in practice? Here's a quick rundown of some of the numbers...

Published Thu, Sep 06 2012 4:54 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Election 2012, 2012 Election Poster 1, Barack Obama

The Republican reset with Pakistan

So far, Pakistan hasn't been mentioned once at the Republican or Democratic conventions. But what was lost in all the talk last week about Mitt Romney not mentioning Afghanistan in Tampa was the fact that, only days earlier, a campaign advisor had...

Published Thu, Sep 06 2012 2:02 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Pakistan, Election 2012, Mitt Romney

Saudi Arabia: an oil importer by 2030?

Saudi Arabia is home to less than half a percent of the world's population -- and fully 16 percent of the world's proven oil reserves. Nonetheless, Citigroup projects that the desert nation may become an oil importer in the next 20 years. "If...

Published Thu, Sep 06 2012 8:29 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Oil, Arab World

Both parties agree: George Bush deserves credit for AIDS relief

Former President Bill Clinton barely mentioned foreign policy in his spirited defense of President Obama's record on Wednesday night, though he did praise his wife for helping "build a world with more partners and fewer enemies." But one...

Published Thu, Sep 06 2012 6:01 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Election 2012

Morning Brief: U.S. calls on Iraq to inspect Iranian flights to Syria

U.S. calls on Iraq to inspect Iranian flights to Syria Top news: Citing intelligence that Iran is using Iraqi airspace to ship weapons and other military equipment to embattled Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, the United States called on Iraq to require...

Published Thu, Sep 06 2012 5:52 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

What Bill Clinton had to say about Obama's foreign policy in 2008

On Wednesday evening, former President Bill Clinton will issue a full-throated endorsement of Barack Obama at the Democratic convention in Charlotte. But as the New Yorker 's Ryan Lizza recently pointed out, the frayed relationship between the two...

Published Wed, Sep 05 2012 12:50 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Election 2012, Barack Obama

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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

Final bin Laden tally: 21 mentions at Democratic convention

Netanyahu will be dragged into the U.S. election, whether he likes it or not

Barack Obama's foreign policy, by the numbers

The Republican reset with Pakistan

Saudi Arabia: an oil importer by 2030?

Both parties agree: George Bush deserves credit for AIDS relief

Morning Brief: U.S. calls on Iraq to inspect Iranian flights to Syria

What Bill Clinton had to say about Obama's foreign policy in 2008