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Pakistan to Obama: Don't Pull Out the Troops From Afghanistan Just Yet

Prestowitz: Will Obama make America competitive?

President Obama deserves some credit for declaring the improvement of the United States' global competitiveness the focal point of the last half of his term in office. Competitiveness underpins everything else -- jobs, rising standards of living,...

Published Wed, Jan 26 2011 8:13 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: North America, State of the Union

A guy Polanski probably doesn't want on his side

It's not very smart (or legal, or moral) to patronize underage prostitutes. If you do engage in such behavior, it's not very smart to write about it in your memoir. If you do write about it, it's not very smart to then seek political office...

Published Thu, Oct 08 2009 8:59 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: France

Al Qaeda blames Blackwater for Peshawar bombings

Looks like Blackwater/Xe has joined the list of Al Qaeda's favorite boogeymen. Mustafa Abu Yazid, the terror group's chief of operations in Afghanistan, is blaming the contractor for the recent violence in Peshawar: The Mujahedeen, as Yazid called...

Published Fri, Nov 13 2009 7:13 AM by FP Passport

Sarah Palin is even crazier than I imagined

I haven't read the former Alaska governor's new book, but I see that she's already brought the crazy in an interview with ABC News . "I disagree with the Obama administration" on Israeli settlements, Palin told Barbara Walters. Fair...

Published Tue, Nov 17 2009 8:32 PM by FP Passport

Morning Brief: Syria Peace Talks Begin Amid Intense Divisions

Syria Peace Talks Begin Amid Intense Divisions Top news: The highly anticipated talks in Montreux, Switzerland, aimed at bringing the Syrian civil war to close began amid heated denunciations by the Syrian foreign minister at the conference's opening...

Published Wed, Jan 22 2014 6:13 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Live Q&A With the Producers of 'Syria's Second Front'

"Today, ISIS; tomorrow, Assad." Those are the words of Jamal Maarouf, the commander of a Syrian rebel alliance that has spearheaded the fight against the al Qaeda-linked Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) in recent weeks. Since the beginning...

Published Wed, Feb 12 2014 8:30 AM by FP Passport

Morning Brief: Iranian protesters gather in Tehran

Iranian protesters gather in Tehran Top story: Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets in Iran on Monday, forming the largest anti-regime protests since Iranian officials crushed the reformist Green Movement in December 2009. The demonstrations...

Published Tue, Feb 15 2011 5:11 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Morning Brief: Big Day for International Diplomacy Around the World

Big Day for International Diplomacy Around the World Top News: Yesterday and today saw a flurry of diplomatic activity around the world, with several nations floating plans to restore long-severed relations. China and Taiwan began four days of discussions...

Published Tue, Feb 11 2014 4:46 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Turkmenistan leader's latest obsession: horses

Judging from past experiences, Turkmenistan's autocratic president, Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov, doesn't seem to be a lover of the Animal Kingdom. There was the time he reportedly fired one of his security officers for negligence leading to an...

Published Tue, Feb 08 2011 3:36 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Central Asia

Waiting out a strongman in the Ivory Coast

It's been over two months now that the Ivory Coast has had two presidents -- one elected, according to internationally certified results, and one who just refuses to step down. In that time, neither shuttle diplomacy, nor international scorn, nor...

Published Wed, Feb 16 2011 12:58 PM by FP Passport

What will be in China's next Five Year Plan?

It must be a stressful day inside the offices of the Beijing Public Security Bureau. The city's security apparatus is fearful -- and brutally overreacting -- to the perceived threat of Chinese netizens organizing a "jasmine revolution" to...

Published Thu, Mar 03 2011 8:58 AM by FP Passport

Morning Brief: Fighting rocks Syrian city of Aleppo

Fighting rocks Syrian city of Aleppo Top news: Syrian rebels clashed with government forces in the country's commercial hub, Aleppo, amid reports that the rebels were running out of ammunition. At least 33 have been killed on Tuesday, including nine...

Published Tue, Jul 24 2012 6:29 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Morning Brief: Ukraine Offensive in Sloviansk Draws Threat of “Consequences” From Russia

Ukraine Offensive in Sloviansk Draws Threat of “Consequences” From Russia Top news: Ukrainian forces on Thursday moved to take back the eastern city of Sloviansk from pro-Russian separatists, killing as many as five militants and prompting Moscow to warn...

Published Thu, Apr 24 2014 5:33 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Did the Arab Spring Really Spark a Wave of Global Protests?

The world may look like it's roiling now, but the 1980s were far worse. Read More...

Published Thu, May 29 2014 5:16 PM by Foreign Policy

Filed under: Argument

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Pakistan to Obama: Don't Pull Out the Troops From Afghanistan Just Yet

Prestowitz: Will Obama make America competitive?

A guy Polanski probably doesn't want on his side

Al Qaeda blames Blackwater for Peshawar bombings

Sarah Palin is even crazier than I imagined

Morning Brief: Syria Peace Talks Begin Amid Intense Divisions

Live Q&A With the Producers of 'Syria's Second Front'

Morning Brief: Iranian protesters gather in Tehran

Morning Brief: Big Day for International Diplomacy Around the World

Turkmenistan leader's latest obsession: horses

Waiting out a strongman in the Ivory Coast

What will be in China's next Five Year Plan?

Morning Brief: Fighting rocks Syrian city of Aleppo

Morning Brief: Ukraine Offensive in Sloviansk Draws Threat of “Consequences” From Russia

Did the Arab Spring Really Spark a Wave of Global Protests?