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Nobel Peace Prize as warning

I'd like to be able to boast about having included the European Union on my " Handicapping the Nobel Peace Prize " list earlier this week, but given that I put it in the longshot category alongside WikiLeaks and Willie Nelson, I can't...

Published Fri, Oct 12 2012 7:35 AM by FP Passport

The Election 2012 Weekly Report: Veeps Week

The Benghazi fallout continues The Obama administration continued to face criticism this week over its handling of the Sept. 11 attack that killed U.S. Amb. Christopher Stevens and three other Americans in Benghazi, Libya. Contradicting the initial statements...

Published Fri, Oct 12 2012 11:24 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: 2012 Report, Decision '08

Did foreign policy matter in the 2012 election?

Yes, this year's presidential election may have featured a fair amount of talk about America's defense spending, China's trade practices, Iran's nuclear program, and the Obama administration's response to the deadly attack on the U...

Published Tue, Nov 06 2012 10:00 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Election 2012

The trouble with pivoting to Asia while the Middle East burns

The optics would be crystal clear: Only days after Barack Obama's reelection -- and just as China underwent a once-in-a-decade leadership transition -- the top national security officials in the country would pack their bags and make a beeline for...

Published Fri, Nov 16 2012 9:09 AM by FP Passport

Should Europe's top banker be comparing the euro to an Australian bird?

You'd think he would have learned from the Great Bumblebee Dustup of July 2012. In a speech in Milan on Thursday, European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi employed a rather odd metaphor in arguing that Europe's monetary union will outlast the...

Published Thu, Nov 15 2012 10:23 AM by FP Passport

Morning Brief: France recognizes Syrian opposition

France recognizes Syrian opposition Top news: Shortly after Syrian opposition groups formed a new umbrella organization and six Gulf states recognized the entity as the "legitimate representative" of the Syrian people, France has become the...

Published Wed, Nov 14 2012 5:18 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Morning Brief: Somali famine spreads to Mogadishu

Somali famine spreads to Mogadishu Top news: The United Nations has declared three new regions in Somalia famine zones, including the capital, Mogadishu. The news reflects the more than 100,000 people who have fled to the capital from fighting in the...

Published Thu, Aug 04 2011 5:33 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Filming Homs's horrors

President Bashar al-Assad's assault on Homs continues, and the world has watched it unfold in real time. For the past week, activists have uploaded gruesome videos of indiscriminate shelling and civilian shelling that has given viewers worldwide a...

Published Fri, Feb 10 2012 9:50 AM by FP Passport

The Pope's confusing condom comments

For the record, Pope Benedict XVI did not justify use of condoms , as some headlines have suggested, even in limited circumstances. Here's the quote he gave to a German journalist, which was reprinted in the Italian media this weekend: "There...

Published Mon, Nov 22 2010 8:45 AM by FP Passport

Tuesday Map: The world rearranged by population

This map of unknown original origin has been making the Internet rounds this week. It shows the countries of the world rearranged so that their area is equivalent to their population size. Zoomable full-size version here . (I'm guessing there's...

Published Tue, Nov 23 2010 3:32 PM by FP Passport

Emperor Erdogan?

At this point it's a tired cliché to compare Turkey's booming economy and increasing international relevance to the resurgence of the Ottoman Empire. The news that Prime Minister Erdogan is visiting Kosovo today probably won't help put a stop...

Published Wed, Nov 03 2010 11:49 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Turkey

'Where is my husband?'

72 1024x768 Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE Foreign Policy contributing editor Christina Larson writes: "I will go out to do some errands." That is the last thing that Geng He remembers her husband, Gao Zhisheng, saying to her...

Published Wed, Feb 15 2012 9:00 AM by FP Passport

The Election 2012 Weekly Report: Revving up in Michigan

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE Mr. Xi comes to Washington This week's Washington foreign-policy agenda was dominated by the visit of Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping , the country's presumptive next leader. Xi's meeting with...

Published Fri, Feb 17 2012 11:17 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Election 2012, 2012 Report

Morning Brief: Suspect named in Sweden bombing

Suspect named in Sweden bombing Top news: Swedish police are increasingly certain that the perpetrator of a suicide bomb attack in downtown Stockholm on Saturday was Taimour al-Abdaly, a 28-year-old Iraqi immigrant who had studied in Britain. Abdaly reportedly...

Published Mon, Dec 13 2010 6:11 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Kim sibling rivalry?

South Korea's KBS television is reporting, via Chosun Ilbo , that the Kim Jong Il's oldest son Kim Jong Nam may be speaking out against his increasingly belligerent little brother. (The running caveat emptor warning for unsubstantiated Kim family...

Published Fri, Dec 10 2010 10:34 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: North Korea

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Nobel Peace Prize as warning

The Election 2012 Weekly Report: Veeps Week

Did foreign policy matter in the 2012 election?

The trouble with pivoting to Asia while the Middle East burns

Should Europe's top banker be comparing the euro to an Australian bird?

Morning Brief: France recognizes Syrian opposition

Morning Brief: Somali famine spreads to Mogadishu

Filming Homs's horrors

The Pope's confusing condom comments

Tuesday Map: The world rearranged by population

Emperor Erdogan?

'Where is my husband?'

The Election 2012 Weekly Report: Revving up in Michigan

Morning Brief: Suspect named in Sweden bombing

Kim sibling rivalry?