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Stats junkie successfully predicts another African coup

Political scientist Jay Ulfelder, who's quickly becoming the Nate Silver of coups, has accurately predicted another one with the ouster of President Francois Bozizé of the Central African Republic. On Monday, rebel fighters cemented control over the...

Published Mon, Mar 25 2013 3:00 PM by FP Passport

Bombing North Korea's sacred statues would be gratifying but foolish

Today, North Korea scolded the South for its reported plan to destroy two giant bronze statues in Pyongyang if the North issues any further provocations. Experts on the conflict, speaking with Foreign Policy today, tend to agree with the North: This would...

Published Tue, Mar 26 2013 12:45 PM by FP Passport

What happened to the Jews of Egypt?

You wouldn't know it from walking around Cairo today, but there used to be a vibrant Jewish population in Egypt. Throughout the first half of the 20th century, this 80,000-strong community was a pillar of the country's political, economic, and...

Published Wed, Mar 27 2013 5:43 AM by FP Passport

Interested in a televised, one-way, super-competitive mission to Mars?

The past month has brought a flood of heady news for Mars enthusiasts. First, multimillionaire space tourist Dennis Tito launched his project to send two civilians on a 500-day fly-by mission to Mars in 2018. Since then, we've seen headlines about...

Published Thu, Mar 28 2013 12:50 PM by FP Passport

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

Former CIA officer speaks out against new clandestine service chief

This week we learned that an undercover CIA officer who signed off on a controversial decision to destroy videotapes of prisoners being tortured in 2005 has ascended to the top job within the agency's clandestine service. Now, a former senior CIA...

Published Fri, Mar 29 2013 2:00 PM by FP Passport

The U.S. is running out of fancy planes to send to Korea

With each passing day, the United States has met North Korean bellicosity with the deployment of increasingly sophisticated aircraft to the East Asian peninsula. But with Sunday's mobilization of F-22 stealth fighter jets, the U.S. military has quickly...

Published Mon, Apr 01 2013 10:00 AM by FP Passport

Are fake funerals the next big thing?

This past weekend, Zeng Jia prepared and participated in her own funeral -- except she was alive the whole time. The Chinese college student, whose grandfather's recent death inspired her to organize her own -- rather premature -- funeral, said that...

Published Mon, Apr 01 2013 4:50 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: East Asia, China

The economics behind dead pig sales in China

In her article for FP today, Laurie Garrett wonders whether thousands of dead pigs washing up in Shanghai's rivers and two Chinese citizens dying of a new flu strain are early symptoms of the next big pandemic. What's more, she writes, the potentially...

Published Tue, Apr 02 2013 12:45 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: East Asia, China, Food/Agriculture

Morning Brief: New challenges as aid arrives in Haiti

New challenges as aid arrives in Haiti Top story: The pace of international food and medical aid into Haiti has finally picked up, though the effort is still hampered by the chaotic conditions on the ground and a host of new challenges, such as controlling...

Published Tue, Jan 19 2010 6:22 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

How does Yemen's revolution end?

Last week, after more than two years of being a fixture in Sanaa and cities around the country, Yemen's revolutionaries dismantled protest camps around the country. The AP reports it was a "symbolic" move, and that activists were "declaring...

Published Fri, Apr 26 2013 1:21 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Politics, Middle East, U.S. Foreign Policy, Democracy

U.S. manufactured false intel on chemical weapons in Syria, winks Dennis Kucinich

Allegations of chemical weapons use in Syria may be supported by the United States, France, Britain, Israel , and Qatar , but former Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich thinks they might just be Western-manufactured pretexts for war. The anti-war Democrat...

Published Mon, Apr 29 2013 1:30 PM by FP Passport

Morning Brief: Damascus bombing kills 13 after prime minister survives attack

Damascus bombing kills 13 after prime minister survives attack Top news : A car bomb exploded in the center of the Syrian capital, Damascus, on Tuesday, killing at least 13 people and wounding another 70. The attack, near the rear entrance of a building...

Published Tue, Apr 30 2013 5:40 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

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: U.S. considers providing lethal aid to Syrian rebels

U.S. considers providing lethal aid to Syrian rebels Top news: The Obama administration is once more considering supplying rebels in Syria with lethal aid, a policy reversal that would firmly inject the United States into a conflict that has claimed the...

Published Wed, May 01 2013 5:36 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

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Stats junkie successfully predicts another African coup

Bombing North Korea's sacred statues would be gratifying but foolish

What happened to the Jews of Egypt?

Interested in a televised, one-way, super-competitive mission to Mars?

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

Former CIA officer speaks out against new clandestine service chief

The U.S. is running out of fancy planes to send to Korea

Are fake funerals the next big thing?

The economics behind dead pig sales in China

Morning Brief: New challenges as aid arrives in Haiti

How does Yemen's revolution end?

U.S. manufactured false intel on chemical weapons in Syria, winks Dennis Kucinich

Morning Brief: Damascus bombing kills 13 after prime minister survives attack

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

Morning Brief: U.S. considers providing lethal aid to Syrian rebels