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Here’s How the British Government Is Planning to Come After the Guardian

Every day, the National Security Agency's massive surveillance apparatus hoovers up nearly 5 billion records drawn from the location data of cell phones around the world. That's according to the Washington Post 's latest installment in their...

Published Wed, Dec 04 2013 6:00 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Europe, Britain, Freedom, Intelligence, Democracy
Why does James Inhofe support Ivory Coast's Gbagbo?

As the situation in the Ivory Coast rapidly deteriorates, Sen. James Inhofe (Okla. - R) has written to U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton calling for new elections in the Ivory Coast, a signal of support for outgoing president Laurent Gbagbo who...

Published Wed, Mar 30 2011 2:12 PM by FP Passport
Bye Bye Bluefin: Navy Drone Sub Yanked from Hunt for MH370

A 17-foot-long drone submarine the United States dispatched to help trawl the Indian Ocean for signs of Malaysia Airlines flight 370 has been pulled out of the hunt, at least temporarily, which means that the Pentagon no longer has any major military...

Published Thu, May 15 2014 3:51 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: South Asia, Military, Southeast Asia
‘Gender’ Is The New Enemy of the Polish Church

The Polish Catholic church is on a mission -- a mission to destroy its new enemy: "gender ideology." While Pope Francis has staked out a conciliatory stance toward divisive social issues that have plagued the church in recent years, Polish bishops...

Published Fri, Jan 10 2014 8:20 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Europe, Women, Religion
Would Americans vote to ban minarets?

The concensus on this weekend's Swiss minaret ban seems to be that it "heralds a new surge in populist, anti-immigrant sentimen t," and contradicts Switzerland's images as " a place where peace, democracy and human rights are valued...

Published Mon, Nov 30 2009 3:17 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Europe, Islam
Morning Brief: Syria Talks in Geneva Draw to a Close

Syria Talks in Geneva Draw to a Close Top News: A week of international diplomatic talks on the Syrian civil war will end today in Geneva. U.N. Special Envoy to Syria Lakhdar Brahimi has said that the talks have produced "tense moments and rather...

Published Fri, Jan 31 2014 5:06 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief
Will American Troops Return to Philippine Bases?

When Typhoon Haiyan cut a devastating swathe of destruction through the central Philippines last November, the U.S. military was among the first to respond. In a matter of weeks and days, the United States delivered nearly 1,000 personnel, 50 ships and...

Published Thu, Jan 30 2014 9:36 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Disasters, Politics, U.S. Foreign Policy, Military, Southeast Asia
In Myanmar, Press Freedom is a Double-Edged Sword

It's one step forward, two steps back for Myanmar's beleaguered journalists. President Thein Sein ostensibly closed the book on five decades of media repression this week by enacting two new measures designed to replace the country's longstanding...

Published Wed, Mar 19 2014 4:07 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Media, Southeast Asia, Burma
Just How Far Will the Empire Strike Back?

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Published Thu, Aug 28 2014 3:54 PM by Foreign Policy

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In Madagascar's Capital City, a Plague of Locusts

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Published Fri, Aug 29 2014 2:35 PM by Foreign Policy

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READ: The White House’s Secret Justification for Killing Americans With Drones

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Published Mon, Jun 23 2014 4:13 PM by Foreign Policy

Filed under: Passport
On Sandy and climate change

As seawater floods into lower Manhattan, seeping into subway stops and tunnels, many are talking up the link between climate change and severe storms. But this is a tricky link to make. As Brad Plumer notes over at WonkBlog , "trying to attribute...

Published Mon, Oct 29 2012 6:43 PM by FP Passport
Sandoval on energy independence: It's the cars, stupid

Much of this afternoon's panel discussion on strategic resource challenges has focused on the impact of America's natural gas boom on the global energy picture. By Assistant Secretary of Energy for Policy and International Affairs David Sandoval...

Published Thu, Nov 29 2012 12:16 PM by FP Passport
See Tom Donilon discuss the toughest challenges in U.S. foreign policy

C-Span has uploaded video of National Security Advisor Tom Donilon's remarks at yesterday's "Transformational Trends" forum cohosted by Foreign Policy and the State Department's Policy Planning staff. In the candid, nearly hour-long...

Published Fri, Nov 30 2012 2:05 PM by FP Passport
So how are those efforts to close Gitmo going?

Throughout his first term, many of President Obama's disappointed supporters charged that his administration had never really followed through on efforts to implement his January 2009 executive order closing the detention center at Guantanamo Bay...

Published Tue, Jan 29 2013 10:47 AM by FP Passport

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Here’s How the British Government Is Planning to Come After the Guardian

Why does James Inhofe support Ivory Coast's Gbagbo?

Bye Bye Bluefin: Navy Drone Sub Yanked from Hunt for MH370

‘Gender’ Is The New Enemy of the Polish Church

Would Americans vote to ban minarets?

Morning Brief: Syria Talks in Geneva Draw to a Close

Will American Troops Return to Philippine Bases?

In Myanmar, Press Freedom is a Double-Edged Sword

Just How Far Will the Empire Strike Back?

In Madagascar's Capital City, a Plague of Locusts

READ: The White House’s Secret Justification for Killing Americans With Drones

On Sandy and climate change

Sandoval on energy independence: It's the cars, stupid

See Tom Donilon discuss the toughest challenges in U.S. foreign policy

So how are those efforts to close Gitmo going?