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U.S. losing ground in selling to China

It's never easy visiting Washington in the thick of campaign season if your goal is to get Congress to stop saying nasty things about everyone's favorite electioneering scapegoat : that is, China. But a delegation from the American Chamber of...

Published Thu, Sep 30 2010 9:27 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: China, Politics, Obama Administration, Business, Trade

What Does the Manning Verdict Mean for Edward Snowden?

Watching the verdict handed down against Bradley Manning Tuesday, Edward Snowden had his worst fears confirmed. With a litany of guilty verdicts, the judge, Col. Denise Lind, all but certainly condemned Manning, the man accused of providing WikiLeaks...

Published Tue, Jul 30 2013 12:24 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Intelligence, National Security

Venezuelan TV spot shows Chávez meeting Che and Simón Bolívar in heaven

When Peter Wilson wrote in Foreign Policy that Hugo Chávez is still casting a shadow over Venezuela's upcoming presidential election, he wasn't kidding. Annointed successor Nicolás Maduro has already suggested that the deceased comandante persuaded...

Published Thu, Mar 28 2013 6:00 PM by FP Passport

Morning Brief: South Korea elects first female president

South Korea elects first female president Top news: Park Geun-hye, daughter of former authoritarian leader Park Chung-hee, was elected president of South Korea. She will be the country's first female president and is expected to take office in February...

Published Thu, Dec 20 2012 5:43 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

The CIA has nothing on Noam Chomsky (no, really)

This month, a two-year-long investigation into CIA records on Noam Chomsky concluded with a surprising result: Despite a half-century of brazen anti-war activism and countless overseas speaking engagements, the Central Intelligence Agency has no file...

Published Wed, Feb 27 2013 9:00 AM by FP Passport

Putin meme accountability watch: No, he did not hire Boyz II Men to make Russians have sex

You may have seen via social media today that the Moscow Times is reporting that Vladimir Putin has hired Boyz II Men to play a concert in Moscow as part of a campaign to encourage Russians to procreate and raise the country's flaggin birth rate....

Published Thu, Jan 31 2013 12:08 PM by FP Passport

Turkey's top generals retire en masse

Turkey's military brass has a long history of involvement in their country's politics: The self-appointed defenders of Turkish secularism launched coups in 1960, 1971, 1980, and 1997 (the latter a so-called " post-modern " coup). But...

Published Fri, Jul 29 2011 2:31 PM by FP Passport

Medvedev eyes a career in rap?

Do you like the news? Do you like rap music? Then how about news … in the form of rap music! That's the airtight logic behind RIA Novosti's Rap Info , which features rappers delivering the news in Russian. Among its fans is none other than Russian...

Published Thu, Jul 28 2011 1:01 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Russia, Fun Stuff

Morning Brief: Qaddafi loyalists given ultimatum

Qaddafi loyalists given ultimatum Top news: Libya's interim leaders have given pro-Qaddafi loyalists an ultimatum : surrender by Saturday or face military force. Mustafa Abdul Jalil of the governing Transitional National Council issued the statement...

Published Tue, Aug 30 2011 5:25 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

We need more thinkers!

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 With our November issue off to the printer, the FP staff is gearing up to publish our annual "Top 100 Global Thinkers" list. The list will include thought leaders from...

Published Tue, Sep 27 2011 2:38 PM by FP Passport

Morning Brief: South Sudan's Rebels Agree to Peace Talks as Intervention is Threatened

South Sudan's Rebels Agree to Peace Talks as Intervention is Threatened Top News: South Sudanese rebels led by former Vice President Riek Machar attacked the town of Bor on Tuesday, 120 miles north of the capital, and have agreed to enter into peace...

Published Tue, Dec 31 2013 5:29 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Will Shinzo Abe's Yasukuni Visit Hurt Relations in Washington?

On Thursday, Dec. 26, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited the Yasukuni Shrine, drawing condemnation from China and South Korea, as well as a harshly worded statement from the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo that many found surprising. But as Dennis Halpin...

Published Sat, Dec 28 2013 11:10 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Japan, East Asia, China, International Relations

Copenhagen: the next Seattle?

Some environmental groups are planning disruptive protests for the upcoming climate talks in Copenhagen, taking cues from the anti-globalization movement: "We feel that right now in Copenhagen there is a real opportunity for things to come together...

Published Wed, Nov 25 2009 8:32 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Environment

Sochi Watch: Get in the Olympic Spirit With This Torturing Strongman

It's not every day that a man alleged to have personally participated in the torture of his political opponents gets to carry the Olympic flame. But that's one of the upsides of hosting the Winter Olympics in Vladimir Putin's Russia. On Tuesday...

Published Tue, Jan 28 2014 3:32 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Terrorism, Russia, Caucasus, Olympics

New Zealand's High Court Doesn't Care That Kiribati Will Soon Be Underwater

Kiribati is sinking. With an average height above sea-level of 2 meters, the small Pacific island nation is losing land as rising sea levels associated with climate change slowly engulf its shoreline. Changing weather patterns and coastal flooding have...

Published Wed, Nov 27 2013 11:35 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Global Warming, Southeast Asia

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U.S. losing ground in selling to China

What Does the Manning Verdict Mean for Edward Snowden?

Venezuelan TV spot shows Chávez meeting Che and Simón Bolívar in heaven

Morning Brief: South Korea elects first female president

The CIA has nothing on Noam Chomsky (no, really)

Putin meme accountability watch: No, he did not hire Boyz II Men to make Russians have sex

Turkey's top generals retire en masse

Medvedev eyes a career in rap?

Morning Brief: Qaddafi loyalists given ultimatum

We need more thinkers!

Morning Brief: South Sudan's Rebels Agree to Peace Talks as Intervention is Threatened

Will Shinzo Abe's Yasukuni Visit Hurt Relations in Washington?

Copenhagen: the next Seattle?

Sochi Watch: Get in the Olympic Spirit With This Torturing Strongman

New Zealand's High Court Doesn't Care That Kiribati Will Soon Be Underwater