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Morning Brief: Afghan protests over Quran burning spread

Afghan protests over Quran burning spread Top story: Afghans protested for a third day against the burning of the Quran and other religious material at Bagram Airfield, the largest U.S. base in Afghanistan. Crowds turned violent in parts of the country...

Published Thu, Feb 23 2012 4:50 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Photo: Saudis prepare for great Middle Eastern jungle war of 2020

Saudi special forces take part in a military parade in preparation for the hajj in the Saudi holy city of Mecca on November 10, 2010. Clearly the Saudis have no intention of letting regional rivals Iran gain an edge in the freaky cammo department . But...

Published Mon, Nov 15 2010 3:40 PM by FP Passport

Ireland: Gerry Adams to the rescue?

Sinn Fein leader and longtime fixture of Northern Irish politics Gerry Adams has announced that he is stepping down from his positions in the Northern Ireland assembly and Britich parliament -- which he abstains from in any case -- in order to seek office...

Published Tue, Nov 16 2010 9:11 AM by FP Passport

Morning Brief: Kim Jong Il lies in state as world ponders North Korea's future

Kim Jong Il lies in state as world ponders North Korea's future Top story: Kim Jong Un, the third son and successor to Kim Jong Il, visited the mausoleum where his father's body was lying in state on Tuesday. Meanwhile, praise from state media...

Published Tue, Dec 20 2011 5:01 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Russia and Canada to refer Arctic dispute to U.N.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Canadian counterpart Lawrence Cannon met today about competing claims over the Lomonosov Ridge, an underwater rdige of continental crust under the Arctic Ocean claimed by both territories and pledged to let...

Published Thu, Sep 16 2010 10:25 AM by FP Passport

Letter from the Editor: Welcome November 2010 - By Susan Glasser

There's change, and then there's really big change, of the earth-shattering type. The November issue of Foreign Policy brings you meditations on both. In the coming weeks, U.S. President Barack Obama is likely to find his job that much harder...

Published Tue, Oct 12 2010 11:18 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Foreign Policy magazine

Would legal California marijuana really hurt the cartels?

White House drug czar Gil Kerlikowke is hailing the release of a new Rand report which finds that if Californians vote to legalize marijuana on Nov. 2, it won't put much of a dent in the profits of Mexican drug cartels: “This report shows that despite...

Published Wed, Oct 13 2010 8:33 AM by FP Passport

Newt in the Congo

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Current primary frontrunner Newt Gingrich is often referred to as one of the leading "intellectuals" of the Republican Party. Gingrich has encouraged this view, even suggesting...

Published Tue, Nov 22 2011 9:22 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Election 2012, Area studies, Newt Gingrich

Highlights from the foreign-policy debate

Michael Cohen and Josh Rogin will have more thoughts on the Election Channel , but I thought I'd jot down a few thoughts on tonight's debate, which I was lucky enough to be able to watch on a larger screen than I normally do in the press room...

Published Tue, Nov 22 2011 7:56 PM by FP Passport

Morning Brief: Still no winner in Australian vote

Still no winner in Australian vote Top news: With no clear winner from Saturday's election, Australia appears headed for its first hung parliament in 70 years. Votes are still being counted by it appears unlikely that either Prime Minister Julia Gillard's...

Published Mon, Aug 23 2010 5:50 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Turkey: The land of 'zero problems' has an awful lot of problems

Turkey, today, took the dramatic step of cutting off diplomatic ties with France over a new law passed by the French government that would criminalize genocide denial, including the 1915 slaughter of Armenians by Ottoman Turks. Yigal Schliefer writes...

Published Thu, Dec 22 2011 12:13 PM by FP Passport

Russia's FSB to WikiLeaks: We could destroy you

Russia's internal security service, the FSB, seems to be taking WikiLeaks' threa t to spill dirt on the Kremlin pretty seriously, according to Russia Profile : Preliminary analysis shows that there is no threat posed to Russia by Julian Assange's...

Published Mon, Nov 01 2010 3:49 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Russia

Morning Brief: 52 killed in Baghdad church seige

52 killed in Baghdad church seige Top news: At least 52 worshipers and police were killed when Iraqi authorities raided a church in downtown Baghdad where militants had taken the congregation hostage. The attack began last night when gunmen wearing suicide...

Published Mon, Nov 01 2010 5:45 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

The Election 2012 Weekly Report: Santorumentum?

Santorum's big night It ain't over yet. Rick Santorum pulled off an unlikely hat-trick on Tuesday night, winning caucuses in Minnesota and Colorado as well as a non-binding primary in Missouri -- a troubling development for frontrunner Mitt Romney...

Published Fri, Feb 10 2012 9:01 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Election 2012, 2012 Report, Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, Barack Obama

America can't walk away from the Middle East

I know where Thomas Friedman is coming from. His column today, in which he calls on the United States to wash its hands of the Middle East "peace process" and let the Israelis and Palestinians stew in their own juices for a while, must have...

Published Sun, Dec 12 2010 9:14 AM by FP Passport

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Morning Brief: Afghan protests over Quran burning spread

Photo: Saudis prepare for great Middle Eastern jungle war of 2020

Ireland: Gerry Adams to the rescue?

Morning Brief: Kim Jong Il lies in state as world ponders North Korea's future

Russia and Canada to refer Arctic dispute to U.N.

Letter from the Editor: Welcome November 2010 - By Susan Glasser

Would legal California marijuana really hurt the cartels?

Newt in the Congo

Highlights from the foreign-policy debate

Morning Brief: Still no winner in Australian vote

Turkey: The land of 'zero problems' has an awful lot of problems

Russia's FSB to WikiLeaks: We could destroy you

Morning Brief: 52 killed in Baghdad church seige

The Election 2012 Weekly Report: Santorumentum?

America can't walk away from the Middle East