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FP's 2010 Global Thinkers gala in photos

Here are a few images from last night's Top 100 Global Thinkers event at Washington's Corcoran Gallery of Art. Our panel featured (from left to right) Brazilian Foreign Minsiter Celso Amorim , Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu , moderater...

Published Wed, Dec 01 2010 12:05 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Foreign Policy magazine

Nigeria to try *** Cheney for corruption

A bit of interesting breaking news from the wires: Nigeria's anti-corruption commission is set to unveil a warrant for former U.S. Vice President *** Cheney. During his time at Haliburton, the company is alleged to gotten wrapped up in a dollars-for...

Published Thu, Dec 02 2010 12:09 PM by FP Passport

Obama in Afghanistan

President Obama has just arrived at Afghanistan's Bagram airbase for an unannounced trip during which he will meet U.S. troops and hold a meeting by videoconference with President Hamid Karzai. Obama had originally planned to travel to Kabul by helicopter...

Published Fri, Dec 03 2010 9:46 AM by FP Passport

Qataris celebrate World Cup winning bid

The global reaction to Qatar's winning drive to host the World Cup in 2022 can be summed up in a word: incredulous. David Goldblatt has a smart piece for the Middle East Channel weighing the pros and cons of holding the world's top soccer tournament...

Published Sat, Dec 04 2010 9:45 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Middle East, Sports

Disaster diplomacy in the Middle East?

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Over the weekend, Israeli authorities finally contained the wildfire that devastated parts of northern Israel, near Haifa. The fire, which killed 42 people, including Israel's...

Published Mon, Dec 06 2010 2:10 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Middle East, Israel/Palestine, Turkey

Libya disconnects from the Internet

Monitoring firm Renesys reports that following sporadic outages throughout the week, Libya now appears to be completely disconnected from the Internet: After a quiet week, we received reports tonight that Libyans in Tripoli were suddenly unable to use...

Published Fri, Mar 04 2011 1:09 PM by FP Passport

Datelines and Maps Are the Latest Casualties of Russia’s Crimea Invasion

Though the United States and the European Union refuse to recognize Russia's annexation of Crimea, Russian President Vladimir Putin now firmly directs facts on the ground in the Black Sea peninsula. Crimeans are already receiving shiny new passports...

Published Thu, Mar 20 2014 4:07 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Russia, Eastern Europe, Borders, Maps, Ukraine

Why Turkey Banned Twitter

"Democratic life demands sacrifice": Seven Turkish newspapers, each of which theoretically makes its own editorial decisions, decided to pluck that line from a speech by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan last summer to use as their...

Published Fri, Mar 21 2014 9:31 AM by FP Passport

Ukrainian Hipsters Say No to Sex with Russians

With Russian forces in firm control of the Crimean peninsula, a group of Ukrainian women are fighting back under a simple, attention-grabbing slogan: "Don't give it to the Russians." The campaign -- the goal of which is exactly what it sounds...

Published Mon, Mar 24 2014 3:49 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Russia, Eastern Europe, Women, Ukraine

Morning Brief: New Satellite Images Point to Possible Debris From Missing Jet

New Satellite Images Point to Possible Debris From Missing Jet Top news: The Malaysian defense minister presented satellite imagery showing 122 unidentified objects in the southern Indian Ocean that he described as the best lead to date in attempting...

Published Wed, Mar 26 2014 7:49 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Morning Brief: Obama Urges Moscow to Limit Border Troops

Obama Urges Moscow to Limit Border Troops Top News : President Barack Obama publicly called on Russia to pull troops back from the Ukrainian border . In an interview with CBS News, Obama urged Moscow to "de-escalate the situation" and begin...

Published Fri, Mar 28 2014 6:35 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Ramzan Kadyrov joins Twitter

Chechnya's notorious warlord leader, Ramzan Kadyrov, officially has a Twitter page as of today. @RKadyrov already has over 3,000 followers. One of his two tweets reads: "In the evening will answer journalists' questions." Perhaps he...

Published Wed, Jun 20 2012 11:27 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Caucasus

Meet the Houbara Bustard: the Rare, Oversized, War-on-Terror Chicken

The houbara bustard -- a gawky, turkey-sized bird with spindly legs, a long, thick neck, and a goofy mating ritual -- would be a mostly unremarkable species, except for one thing: It is the prey of choice for Arab falconers, who have hunted the bird to...

Published Mon, Apr 28 2014 4:25 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Terrorism, Pakistan, Environment, Middle East, Afghanistan, South Asia

When Gerhard Met Vlad: A Geopolitical Love Story

It's the most vivid metaphor yet for the divisions between the United States and Europe over how to retaliate against Russian aggression in Ukraine: a photograph of former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder literally embracing Russian President Vladimir...

Published Tue, Apr 29 2014 4:05 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Europe, Russia, Germany, Ukraine

Don't Worry America: You Aren't Poorer Than China

On Wednesday, the front page of the Financial Times declared that China stands poised to surpass the United States as the world's largest economy -- and to do so much sooner than anyone expected. Citing new data from a consortium of leading statistical...

Published Wed, Apr 30 2014 3:58 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: North America, East Asia, China, Economics, Finance