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The War You Missed Last Week

They've been hailed as the best hope for a political solution to the Syrian civil war, but it's now safe to say -- as everyone not named John Kerry had been predicting all along -- that Syria's bloodshed shows no signs of slowing down while...

Published Fri, Jan 31 2014 2:30 PM by FP Passport

From Brooklyn to Kiev, How #DigitalMaidan Went Viral

From Kiev to Istanbul, Brasilia to Cairo, it's become a natural corollary of any modern protest movement: The battle isn't just won on the streets, but also in cyberspace. In the case of the anti-government protests that have roiled Ukraine, the...

Published Fri, Jan 31 2014 12:54 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Russia, Eastern Europe, Internet, Democracy

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

Iraq's Abject Lessons for Mexico's Self-Defense Forces

Paramilitary groups are growing like weeds in the blood-soaked soil of Mexico's cartel hotspots. Across the country, self-defense groups have banded together to take on the country's cartels, and now the government faces a problem all too familiar...

Published Thu, Jan 30 2014 4:13 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Latin America, Middle East, Military, Iraq, Mexico, National Security

The Belly Dancer and the Brotherhood: Meet the Exotic Performer Trying to Take Down Egypt’s Islamists

Has Egypt’s crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood entered that stage where it begins to resemble a farce? Judging by the bellydancer threatening to expose the Brotherhood’s deepest secrets, the answer would appear to be a resounding “yes.” The Egyptian...

Published Thu, Jan 30 2014 12:01 PM by FP Passport

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

How ScarJo Endorsing a Soda Machine Became an International Controversy

Scarlett Johansson has decided that she'd rather represent homemade bubbles than international development. After several years as a global ambassador for Oxfam, she's chosen to part ways with the development and disaster relief organization over...

Published Thu, Jan 30 2014 8:01 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Middle East, Israel/Palestine, International Organizations, Business

Morning Brief: Ukrainian Crisis Deepens as President Calls in Sick

Ukrainian Crisis Deepens as President Calls in Sick Top news: Ukrainian protesters appear to have rejected a conditional amnesty deal passed by parliament late Wednesday night that would exempt them from prosecution in exchange for removing barricades...

Published Thu, Jan 30 2014 5:59 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Morning Brief: Ukraine on 'Brink of Civil War'

Ukraine on 'Brink of Civil War' Top News : Former Ukrainian President Leonid Kravchuk warned that the country is on the "brink of civil war." "It is a revolution," Kravchuk said. "It is a dramatic situation in which we...

Published Wed, Jan 29 2014 6:18 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Watch Live: President Obama's State of the Union Address

On Tuesday night, President Obama goes before Congress to deliver his sixth State of the Union address. He is expected to focus on economic issues, including ways to tackle widening income inequality in the United States. Watch the speech live here: Read...

Published Tue, Jan 28 2014 5:46 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: North America, U.S. Congress, Barack Obama

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

State of the Union: The Promises Obama Did(n't) Keep

If, like me, you sat down on Monday to read all of President Obama's State of the Union addresses delivered since he took office in early 2009, you'd be forgiven for thinking that foreign policy has served as something of a footnote during his...

Published Tue, Jan 28 2014 1:48 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: North America, Politics, Obama Administration, U.S. Foreign Policy, U.S. Congress

Sochi Watch: Journalists, Beware -- Putin is Watching

The emerging surveillance state that is the Sochi Winter Olympics is shaping up to be a bleak place for journalists covering the games. In an effort to project a positive image of President Vladimir Putin's massive pet project -- otherwise known as...

Published Tue, Jan 28 2014 4:38 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Europe, Russia, Media, Olympics

Morning Brief: Ukrainian Prime Minister Resigns as Parliament Repeals Anti-Protest Law

Ukrainian Prime Minister Resigns as Parliament Repeals Anti-Protest Law Top News: Mykola Azarov, prime minister of Ukraine's embattled government, announced he would resign "to create additional opportunities for social and political compromise...

Published Tue, Jan 28 2014 4:20 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Sorry We're Not Sorry: Japan TV Exec Revives Comfort Women Debate

Japanese officials have apologized at least 54 times for the country's historical aggression against its Asian neighbors during World War II. And, almost without fail, these acts of contrition are effectively negated by revisionist statements from...

Published Mon, Jan 27 2014 12:30 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Japan, Human Rights, East Asia, Women, Military, Germany

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The War You Missed Last Week

From Brooklyn to Kiev, How #DigitalMaidan Went Viral

Morning Brief: Syria Talks in Geneva Draw to a Close

Iraq's Abject Lessons for Mexico's Self-Defense Forces

The Belly Dancer and the Brotherhood: Meet the Exotic Performer Trying to Take Down Egypt’s Islamists

Will American Troops Return to Philippine Bases?

How ScarJo Endorsing a Soda Machine Became an International Controversy

Morning Brief: Ukrainian Crisis Deepens as President Calls in Sick

Morning Brief: Ukraine on 'Brink of Civil War'

Watch Live: President Obama's State of the Union Address

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

State of the Union: The Promises Obama Did(n't) Keep

Sochi Watch: Journalists, Beware -- Putin is Watching

Morning Brief: Ukrainian Prime Minister Resigns as Parliament Repeals Anti-Protest Law

Sorry We're Not Sorry: Japan TV Exec Revives Comfort Women Debate