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A step forward, then a step back in South China Sea dispute

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE Yesterday brought good and bad news in the spat over sovereignty in the South China Sea. At a meeting of the annual ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) in Bali, Indonesia, representatives from the ASEAN countries...

Published Thu, Jul 21 2011 12:01 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Security, China, U.S. Foreign Policy, State Department, Southeast Asia, International Organizations

Reactor reaction: 5 countries joining Japan in rethinking nuclear energy

It can hardly come as a surprise that embattled Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan announced today his country would move away from nuclear fuel and toward renewable energy sources like solar, wind, and biomass. After all, the March 11 earthquake and tsunami...

Published Wed, Jul 13 2011 11:18 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Japan

Why Myanmar’s Leaders Misled the World About Its Population

Published Tue, Sep 02 2014 3:51 PM by Foreign Policy

Filed under: Passport

Harrowing video of the riot at the U.S. embassy in Sanaa

Videos and images from the storming of the U.S. embassy in Yemen's capital are circulating on social media sites. It's not pretty. The images show an unruly mob storming through streets and over gates, bashing and burning everything they find...

Published Thu, Sep 13 2012 9:18 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Middle East

Army punishment roundup: Engineers CO heaved in Buffalo, hospital cdr fired at Ft. Bragg, Gen. Boykin reprimanded

Published Wed, May 28 2014 7:50 AM by Foreign Policy

Filed under: The Best Defense

C.I.A. website attacked just days after Panetta warns of a cyber ‘Pearl Harbor’

In a bit of unfortunate timing, the C.I.A.'s website was shut down for a couple of hours yesterday evening in an apparent cyber attack. It was only a week ago that Leon Panetta, the C.I.A.'s outgoing director, warned senators that cyber warfare...

Published Thu, Jun 16 2011 7:41 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: North America, Intelligence

Xi Jinping's Bad Dream

On the 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown, China is writing a new legacy of repression. Read More...

Published Tue, Jun 03 2014 2:39 PM by Foreign Policy

Filed under: Argument

Pakistani Politician Arrested in London; Gopinath Munde Killed in Car Crash; Afghanistan Objects to Prisoner Swap

Published Tue, Jun 03 2014 6:20 AM by Foreign Policy

Filed under: The South Asia Channel

Syria Holds Presidential Election Amid Civil War

Published Tue, Jun 03 2014 5:19 AM by Foreign Policy

Filed under: The Middle East Channel

Sisi Declared Winner of Egypt’s Presidential Election

Published Wed, Jun 04 2014 5:26 AM by Foreign Policy

Filed under: The Middle East Channel

Morning Brief: Syrian violence spills over into Lebanon

Syrian violence spills over into Lebanon Top news: The violence in Syria spilled over into neighboring Lebanon on Wednesday as Lebanese Shi'ites kidnapped more than 30 people in an area of Beirut controlled by Hezbollah. The abductions were aimed...

Published Thu, Aug 16 2012 5:48 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

U.N. Pushes Gay Rights in YouTube Bollywood Hit

Published Tue, Jul 15 2014 12:45 PM by Foreign Policy

Filed under: Passport

It's not just foreign policy that makes Americans unpopular in the Muslim world

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 The United States doesn't get a lot of love from the Muslim world. Only eight percent of Pakistanis, for instance, view the U.S. as a partner, according to a Pew opinion poll...

Published Mon, Aug 20 2012 1:27 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Islam

Is Brussels to blame for the minaret moment?

In yesterday's New York Times, Ross Douthat argued that the populist backlash that led to Switzerland's minaret ban is the result of the European Union's increasingly undemocratic style of governance, notwithstanding the fact, as he acknowledges...

Published Mon, Dec 07 2009 12:22 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Europe, Islam

A Copenhagen draft leaks

An early draft of the Copenhagen climate change agreement, which is being called the "Danish Text" and was prepared by a group of countries including the U.S., U.K. and Denmark, has been leaked to the Guardian and has perturbed delegates from...

Published Tue, Dec 08 2009 7:42 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Environment

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A step forward, then a step back in South China Sea dispute

Reactor reaction: 5 countries joining Japan in rethinking nuclear energy

Why Myanmar’s Leaders Misled the World About Its Population

Harrowing video of the riot at the U.S. embassy in Sanaa

Army punishment roundup: Engineers CO heaved in Buffalo, hospital cdr fired at Ft. Bragg, Gen. Boykin reprimanded

C.I.A. website attacked just days after Panetta warns of a cyber ‘Pearl Harbor’

Xi Jinping's Bad Dream

Pakistani Politician Arrested in London; Gopinath Munde Killed in Car Crash; Afghanistan Objects to Prisoner Swap

Syria Holds Presidential Election Amid Civil War

Sisi Declared Winner of Egypt’s Presidential Election

Morning Brief: Syrian violence spills over into Lebanon

U.N. Pushes Gay Rights in YouTube Bollywood Hit

It's not just foreign policy that makes Americans unpopular in the Muslim world

Is Brussels to blame for the minaret moment?

A Copenhagen draft leaks