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Mariah Carey's bare shoulders are not welcome in Saudi Arabia

Sometimes, my job involves poring over figures of foreign direct investment in Syria over the past decade -- and sometimes it consists of looking at pictures of Mariah Carey and calling it research. Today, happily, turned out to be one of the latter days...

Published Mon, Oct 04 2010 11:36 AM by FP Passport

Vietnam launches state-sponsored version of Facebook

Authoritarian regimes seem to have a love - hate relationship with the internet. Vietnam is leaning toward love. State-owned Vietnam Multimedia Report recently launched a trial version of go.vn, an answer to Facebook -- which is banned in Vietnam -- that...

Published Tue, Oct 05 2010 1:07 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Internet, Southeast Asia

Tymoshenko blasts Ukraine government's new dress code

Former Ukrainian Prime Minister and style icon Yulia Tymoshenko is not happy about the new dress restrictions put in place by her rival, President Viktor Yanukovych: "The Queen of England and (Libya's leader Muammar) Gaddafi, for instance, for...

Published Wed, Oct 06 2010 8:48 AM by FP Passport

Morning Brief: Cameron: British aid worker may have been killed by rescuers' grenade

Cameron: British aid worker may have been killed by rescuers' grenade Top news: A British aid worker who died during an attempted rescue by U.S. forces in Afghanistan may have been accidentally killed by her rescuers rather than her Taliban captors...

Published Mon, Oct 11 2010 5:37 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Schwarzenegger for mayor of Moscow?

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, currently visiting Russia for a high-tech conference, received an interesting offer from Russian President Dmitry Medvedev: "You arrived at the moment when Moscow has no mayor," the Russian president...

Published Mon, Oct 11 2010 1:53 PM by FP Passport

Wait...doesn't Newt speak French too?

This new ad from the Gingrich campaign is making the rounds: If you don't feel like watching, it compares Romney to previous Massachusetts wusses Michael Dukakis and John Kerry and ends with the narrator snarking, "Just like John Kerry, he speaks...

Published Fri, Jan 13 2012 7:47 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Election 2012, Newt Gingrich

Israel and Hezbollah Could Stumble Into a War Neither Wants

A war on Israel’s northern border could be far deadlier than the one in Gaza. Read More...

Published Thu, Jan 11 2024 1:03 PM by Foreign Policy

Filed under: Situation Report, Middle East and North Africa, Israel-Hamas War

U.S. Policy Shouldn’t Depend on Chinese Weakness

America is obsessed with diagnosing its rival’s future. Read More...

Published Tue, Jan 09 2024 1:09 PM by Foreign Policy

Filed under: ChinaFile, Geopolitics, homepage_regional_asia

Morning Brief: Egypt to lift travel ban on American NGO workers

Egypt to lift travel ban on American NGO workers Top story: Egyptian officials said that they would lift a travel ban on seven Americans who had been caught up in the prosecution of U.S.-financed nonprofit groups in the country. The agreement to let them...

Published Thu, Mar 01 2012 4:54 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Chechen precinct gives 107 percent

As usual , the restive region of Chechnya went a bit over the top with the election fraud in Russia's presidential contest, with 99.59 percent reported turnout and 99.82 percent of voters backing Vladimir Putin. One precinct, according to the New...

Published Tue, Mar 06 2012 8:54 AM by FP Passport

Invisible Children responds to critics

First, a brief housekeeping note: Yesterday's guest post on the Kony 2012 campaign was written by Michael Wilkerson, not me. If you link to it from your blog, Facebook page, or Twitter, (thanks!) please give Michael full credit. Second, Invisible...

Published Thu, Mar 08 2012 7:19 AM by FP Passport

Rick Santorum wants a one-state solution

The above video, where Rick Santorum provides his narrative of the Israeli-Palestinian struggle, really needs to be seen to be believed. It's from November, but has only been dredged up from the dark recesses of the Internet now because Santorum appears...

Published Tue, Jan 03 2012 2:32 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Election 2012, Rick Santorum

Morning Brief: Brazil headed for runoff after Rousseff falls short of majority

Brazil headed for runoff after Rousseff falls short of majority Top news: Brazil's election is headed for a runoff after ruling party candidate Dilma Rousseff failed to secure a majority in the first round. Rousseff received 46.9 percent of Sunday's...

Published Mon, Oct 04 2010 6:11 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

The Election 2012 Weekly Report: Iowa and the aftermath

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE Iowa fallout After weeks of debate and fluctuating polls, we finally have some actual results from a GOP primary. Mitt Romney won the Iowa Caucasus with 24.6 percent, edging out surprise second-place finisher...

Published Fri, Jan 06 2012 10:21 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Election 2012, 2012 Report

Can Qatar bail out France's banlieues?

While the investors and credit ratings agencies may be mulling over the economic turmoil gripping France, one set of investors is seeing opportunity. In Le Monde , Arthur Frayer profiled the efforts of Qatar to create a 50 million euro investment fund...

Published Thu, Jan 05 2012 12:15 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Europe

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Mariah Carey's bare shoulders are not welcome in Saudi Arabia

Vietnam launches state-sponsored version of Facebook

Tymoshenko blasts Ukraine government's new dress code

Morning Brief: Cameron: British aid worker may have been killed by rescuers' grenade

Schwarzenegger for mayor of Moscow?

Wait...doesn't Newt speak French too?

Israel and Hezbollah Could Stumble Into a War Neither Wants

U.S. Policy Shouldn’t Depend on Chinese Weakness

Morning Brief: Egypt to lift travel ban on American NGO workers

Chechen precinct gives 107 percent

Invisible Children responds to critics

Rick Santorum wants a one-state solution

Morning Brief: Brazil headed for runoff after Rousseff falls short of majority

The Election 2012 Weekly Report: Iowa and the aftermath

Can Qatar bail out France's banlieues?