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Germany's stiff upper lip

Germany experienced its first Islamist attack on Wednesday when a man by the name of Arid U. (Germany withholds the last names of suspects in ongoing investigations) opened fire at the Frankfurt airport, killing two U.S. military personnel and injuring...

Published Fri, Mar 04 2011 10:05 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Europe, Germany
Before Attacking the West, Syria’s Jihadis Have to Stop Fighting One Another

Abu Muhammad al-Amriki -- his last name means "the American" -- is precisely the kind of militant who terrifies U.S. counterterrorism officials. In a new video , Abu Muhammad, speaking in English interspersed with Arabic phrases, claims to have...

Published Wed, Feb 12 2014 2:16 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Terrorism, al Qaeda, Middle East, Syria, National Security
Glorious Leader Kim Jong Un's Glorious Disappearance

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Published Mon, Sep 29 2014 12:37 PM by Foreign Policy

Filed under: Passport
Surprise! That Russian Submarine in Stockholm Got Away From the Swedish Navy

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Published Fri, Oct 24 2014 2:57 PM by Foreign Policy

Filed under: Passport
Will Russia stir up trouble in the Middle East?

ANATOLIAN NEWS AGENCY As Russia expert Dimitri Trenin notes, Russia's return to the world stage is more than a passing phenomenon. Russia has experienced eight consecutive years of economic growth, is about to join the WTO, and has laid eyes on OECD...

Published Mon, Jun 25 2007 10:33 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Russia, Middle East, Israel/Palestine
Release of American Journalist Shows Qatar Playing Both Sides

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Published Mon, Aug 25 2014 5:06 PM by Foreign Policy

Filed under: Passport
New Study Shows Deep American Divisions on Foreign Policy

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Published Thu, Jun 26 2014 4:58 PM by Foreign Policy

Filed under: Passport
Meet Timothy Tracy, the American detained by the Venezuelan government

Late last week, the Venezuelan government detained Timothy Tracy, a 35-year-old American filmmaker, on charges of attempting to foment unrest in Venezuela following its contested April 14 presidential election. Given the Venezuelan government's long...

Published Tue, Apr 30 2013 3:00 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Latin America, Venezuela
Morning Brief: China executes Briton

China executes Briton Top Story: China has executed a European citizen for the first time in nearly 60 years. In 2007, a court in Urumqi, in western China, convicted Briton Akmal Sheikh, 53, of smuggling heroin. He has been held in a Chinese jail since...

Published Tue, Dec 29 2009 4:36 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief
Report: Qaddafi wrote to Berlusconi near the end

During his last, desperate days, Colonel Qaddafi may have turned to an old friend, Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi for help in trying to avert the international action being undertaken by NATO's forces. In a letter published by French weekly tabloid...

Published Wed, Oct 26 2011 9:35 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Europe, Libya, Arab World
Europe's debt crisis in lego

I've got a new list up checking in on Europe's most beleaguered economies. The image above gives you the basic idea. Read More...

Published Thu, Sep 29 2011 6:56 AM by FP Passport
Dr. Fadl's new book

Sayyid Imam "Dr. Fadl" al-Sharif, the al Qaeda co-founder and one-time mentor of Ayman al-Zawahri who has, in recent years, become the organization's most trenchant critic, lambasting its use of violence in his writings from an Egyptian...

Published Fri, Jan 29 2010 2:56 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Terrorism
Did Russia try to destroy the U.S. economy?

Via FP contributor Ashby Monk , here's an interesting story from Bloomberg News that hasn't gotten much attention. It seems that Russia tried to use its vast financial holdings and conspire with China to create "economic disruptions"...

Published Sat, Jan 30 2010 8:51 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Russia, China, Finance
Are the Chinese Google and YouTube clones any good?

With Google threatening to pull out of China, immitation versions of the search engine and its video subsidiary YouTube have emerged to take their places on the Chinese internet: YouTubecn.com offers videos from the real YouTube, which is blocked in China...

Published Thu, Jan 28 2010 1:33 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: East Asia
Friday Photo: Kite flyers of Gaza

A rocket attack from Gaza on the Israeli city of Ashkelon has damaged buildings and rattled nerves today, but earlier in the week, the skies over the troubled region played host to a much happier sight. About 6,200 Gazan children taking part in a U.N...

Published Fri, Jul 30 2010 1:07 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Friday Photo, Middle East, Fun Stuff, Israel/Palestine

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Germany's stiff upper lip

Before Attacking the West, Syria’s Jihadis Have to Stop Fighting One Another

Glorious Leader Kim Jong Un's Glorious Disappearance

Surprise! That Russian Submarine in Stockholm Got Away From the Swedish Navy

Will Russia stir up trouble in the Middle East?

Release of American Journalist Shows Qatar Playing Both Sides

New Study Shows Deep American Divisions on Foreign Policy

Meet Timothy Tracy, the American detained by the Venezuelan government

Morning Brief: China executes Briton

Report: Qaddafi wrote to Berlusconi near the end

Europe's debt crisis in lego

Dr. Fadl's new book

Did Russia try to destroy the U.S. economy?

Are the Chinese Google and YouTube clones any good?

Friday Photo: Kite flyers of Gaza