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Will Southern Sudan be a precedent for Somaliland?

If Southern Sudan successfully secedes, will other African pseudo-states follow suit? Guest-blogging at the Christian Science Monitor , Alex Thurston takes a look at Somaliland : There is one other region in Africa that appears within reach of independent...

Published Wed, Jan 12 2011 8:48 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Africa, Borders
Cartography wars

The border between Peru and Chile is becoming increasingly fraught Wednesday -- with France stepping into the fray by (inadvertently?) publishing a map that seems to side with Peru. Peru and Chile are awaiting a ruling from the International Court of...

Published Thu, Oct 15 2009 3:37 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Diplomacy, South America
Canada may launch government-backed bitcoin competitor

Writing last year on the peer-to-peer digital currency Bitcoin, I noted that while "the disruptive power of Bitcoin on banks and central governments has surely been overstated, but these institutions might be better served to take its emergence as...

Published Thu, Apr 12 2012 10:52 AM by FP Passport
Did Chinese TV pass off Top Gun footage as a military drill?

As part of its ongoing expansion , has the People's Liberation Army signed up Goose and Maverick? Chinese bloggers are accusing state broadcaster CCTV of using repurposed footage from the 1986 film Top Gun for a story on a recent air force drill....

Published Thu, Jan 27 2011 9:36 AM by FP Passport
Morning Brief: Ukraine Crisis Deepens as Crimea’s Parliament Votes to Join Russia

Ukraine Crisis Deepens as Crimea’s Parliament Votes to Join Russia Top news: Crimea's Moscow-backed parliament on Thursday voted unanimously to join the Russian Federation, setting a 10-day timeframe for a popular referendum on secession and dramatically...

Published Thu, Mar 06 2014 6:09 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief
Handicapping the North Korean Elections

North Korea is holding parliamentary elections. Well, sort of. Three days ahead of Sunday's vote, the Democratic Front for the Reunification of the Fatherland looks set to complete yet another clean sweep of the 687-seat Supreme People's Assembly...

Published Thu, Mar 06 2014 8:26 AM by FP Passport
Klaus grudgingly signs Lisbon Treaty

The EU's long international nightmare seems to be over. Czech President Vaclav Klaus has signed the Lisbon Treaty treaty, nearly two years after the ratification process began. Klaus finally agreed to sign after the Czech constitutional court finally...

Published Tue, Nov 03 2009 10:26 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Europe
Morning Brief: Congress Party Concedes as Votes are Counted in India

Congress Party Concedes as Votes are Counted in India India: With only a portion of the 550 million votes counted, the Indian National Congress, which has been dominant for most of the post-Independence era, conceded that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP...

Published Fri, May 16 2014 6:13 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief
Germany's Nervous, Totally Ambivalent Reaction to Its World Cup Win

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Published Mon, Jul 14 2014 4:58 PM by Foreign Policy

Filed under: Passport
Assad's death spiral

0 0 1 807 4603 Foreign Policy magazine 38 10 5400 14.0 Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE This may be how it ends for President Bashar al-Assad. A bomb attack struck a high-level meeting in the capital of Damascus today, killing four of the president's...

Published Wed, Jul 18 2012 7:36 AM by FP Passport
Cash-strapped WikiLeaks unveils new credit card system

In a press statement released this morning, WikiLeaks announced the creation of a new fundraising scheme to circumvent the international embargo imposed last fall by international credit-card processors. Empowered by a recent legal victory against VISA...

Published Wed, Jul 18 2012 3:38 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Economics, WikiLeaks
Need your iPad in the afterlife?

The current print issue of Caixin Weekly -- I can't find it on the website -- features an intriguing item on Apple's marketshare extending to the great beyond: Paper replicas of Apple's latest products have begun to appear on the shelves of...

Published Fri, Apr 15 2011 3:12 PM by FP Passport
America Is Leaving Afghanistan and Civilians Are Paying the Price

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Published Wed, Jul 09 2014 1:28 PM by Foreign Policy

Filed under: Passport
Hamas's New Rocket Is Inaccurate. It's Also a Serious Upgrade.

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Published Wed, Jul 09 2014 3:27 PM by Foreign Policy

Filed under: Passport
Coming to You Live From the Government Military Offensive in Eastern Ukraine

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Published Thu, Jul 03 2014 2:52 PM by Foreign Policy

Filed under: Passport

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Will Southern Sudan be a precedent for Somaliland?

Cartography wars

Canada may launch government-backed bitcoin competitor

Did Chinese TV pass off Top Gun footage as a military drill?

Morning Brief: Ukraine Crisis Deepens as Crimea’s Parliament Votes to Join Russia

Handicapping the North Korean Elections

Klaus grudgingly signs Lisbon Treaty

Morning Brief: Congress Party Concedes as Votes are Counted in India

Germany's Nervous, Totally Ambivalent Reaction to Its World Cup Win

Assad's death spiral

Cash-strapped WikiLeaks unveils new credit card system

Need your iPad in the afterlife?

America Is Leaving Afghanistan and Civilians Are Paying the Price

Hamas's New Rocket Is Inaccurate. It's Also a Serious Upgrade.

Coming to You Live From the Government Military Offensive in Eastern Ukraine