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Chris Christie calls for 'second American Century'

In a fiery keynote address at the Republican National Convention in Tampa on Tuesday evening, New Jersey's Republican Governor Chris Christie drew a distinction between being loved and being respected, and said party leaders needed to choose "respect...

Published Tue, Aug 28 2012 8:45 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Election 2012, 2012 Election Poster 1
Spies Say They're Confused and Outraged by Restrictions on Talking to Journalists

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Published Fri, May 30 2014 3:34 PM by Foreign Policy

Filed under: The Complex
Failed States 2013

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Published Fri, May 30 2014 1:55 PM by Foreign Policy

Filed under: Special Report
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: Greek PM pleas for German help in debt crisis

Greek PM pleas for German help in debt crisis Top news: Speaking at a gathering of business leaders in Germany, Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou made an impassioned plea to help his country out of its current debt crisis. Papandreou said his country...

Published Tue, Sep 27 2011 5:25 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief
EU regulators set sights on new target: pictures of babies on baby formula

On Wednesday, a European Parliament committee approved a rule to keep an unlikely image off packaging for ***-milk substitutes: pictures of babies. According to the Parliament, images of infants "idealise" the use of ***-milk substitutes and...

Published Thu, May 30 2013 8:50 AM by FP Passport
Turkmenistan's president won a horse race in the most embarrassing way possible

During a race on Sunday to mark the Day of the Turkmen Racehorse, Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov and his horse Berkarar (Mighty), of the national Akhal-Teke breed, were the first to stride across the finish line, claiming an $11 million...

Published Tue, Apr 30 2013 1:00 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Culture, Fun Stuff, Central Asia
Morning Brief: Obama begins Africa trip as continent awaits news of Mandela

Obama begins Africa trip as continent awaits news of Mandela Top news: U.S. President Barack Obama began his long-awaited Africa trip on Thursday as the continent holds its collective breath over the fate of Nelson Mandela. Speaking in Dakar, where he...

Published Thu, Jun 27 2013 5:47 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief
Swiss army prepares for euro unrest

Switzerland is evidently planning for the worst, staging military drills last month to prepare for anarchy unleashed by the euro crisis. EUObserver reports : “It's not excluded that the consequences of the financial crisis in Switzerland can lead...

Published Tue, Oct 30 2012 10:52 AM by FP Passport
Morning Brief: Ceasefire in Syria collapses

Ceasefire in Syria collapses Top news: Syrians are reporting air raids by military jets outside Damascus while Syrian state television is reporting a deadly car bomb in the capital -- on the fourth day of a nominal ceasefire arranged by U.N. and Arab...

Published Mon, Oct 29 2012 5:11 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief
Assad Is America’s Strange Bedfellow and the Price Is 190,000 Dead

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Published Fri, Aug 22 2014 3:21 PM by Foreign Policy

Filed under: 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
Rauch auf dem Wasser

Question: What do you call 1,802 guitarists rocking out to the opening riff from Deep Purple's "Smoke on the Water"? Answer: (a) An incredible waste of time and energy (b) A Guinness world record (c) An artistic travesty (d) Just another...

Published Mon, Jun 25 2007 11:54 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Europe, Culture, Fun Stuff, Germany
Morning Brief: U.N. envoy calls for transitional government in Syria

U.N. envoy calls for transitional government in Syria Top news: After meeting with President Bashar al-Assad and other top Syrian officials in Damascus, international envoy Lakhdar Brahimi called for the establishment of a transitional government in accordance...

Published Thu, Dec 27 2012 5:37 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief
Get up to speed on John Kerry

It seems to be official -- President Barack Obama will nominate Massachusetts senator and fomer presidential candidate John Kerry to be the 68th U.S. secretary of state. We'll have plenty more coverage of Kerry in the days to come, but here are a...

Published Fri, Dec 21 2012 9:01 AM by FP Passport

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Chris Christie calls for 'second American Century'

Spies Say They're Confused and Outraged by Restrictions on Talking to Journalists

Failed States 2013

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

Morning Brief: Greek PM pleas for German help in debt crisis

EU regulators set sights on new target: pictures of babies on baby formula

Turkmenistan's president won a horse race in the most embarrassing way possible

Morning Brief: Obama begins Africa trip as continent awaits news of Mandela

Swiss army prepares for euro unrest

Morning Brief: Ceasefire in Syria collapses

Assad Is America’s Strange Bedfellow and the Price Is 190,000 Dead

Turkey's top generals retire en masse

Rauch auf dem Wasser

Morning Brief: U.N. envoy calls for transitional government in Syria

Get up to speed on John Kerry