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Vigilantes in the Philippines have killed kids, drug dealers, and petty thieves. The government that paid their salaries insists they don't exist. Read More...

Published Thu, May 22 2014 5:19 PM by Foreign Policy

Filed under: Feature

Chinese official: Beijing isn't Cairo

In 2008, Yu Keping, the head of China's Central Compilation and Translation Bureau and a professor at Peking University, published an attention-grabbing collection of essays called Democracy is a Good Thing . Coming from a Chinese Communist Party...

Published Tue, May 10 2011 4:42 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Human Rights, Diplomacy, East Asia, China, Freedom, Politics, U.S. Foreign Policy, State Department, Egypt, Democracy

Chávez Rides Again - Michael Albertus

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE Make no mistake: Hugo Chávez's victory in Sunday's election marks another step in the erosion of Venezuela's democratic institutions. Read More...

Published Tue, Oct 09 2012 3:13 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Elections, South America, Food/Agriculture, Economics, Oil, Default, Free, Web Exclusive, Democracy, Argument, Democracy Lab, Democracy Lab Top Story

A Royal Navy disaster in WWI of which I’d never heard: The Battle of Coronel

Portrait of the Army as a Work in Progress

The service's plan to revamp itself for the post-post-9/11 world is ambiguous and rife with contradiction. That's what makes it brilliant. Read More...

Published Thu, May 29 2014 10:15 AM by Foreign Policy

Filed under: Feature

Morning Brief: Turkish PM warns Syria as NATO holds emergency talks

Turkish PM warns Syria as NATO holds emergency talks Top news: Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned Syria on Tuesday that "Every military element that approaches the Turkish border from Syria in a manner that constitutes a security...

Published Tue, Jun 26 2012 5:24 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Movie to be made about life of Muhammad, without Muhammad

There is going to be a Muhammad biopic . Yes, that Muhammad. Many readers may wonder: How is that possible, with the whole he-shall-not-be-depicted rule? Well, it's pretty simple; the movie will never show him. Due to start shooting in 2011, producer...

Published Tue, Nov 03 2009 12:54 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: North America, Culture, Middle East, Islam

Morning Brief: Senior Hezbollah Commander Assassinated in Lebanon

Senior Hezbollah Commander Assassinated in Lebanon Top news: A senior Hezbollah commander, Hassan Laqees, was assassinated outside his home south of Beirut, where he was shot in the head and neck by unkown assailants. Hezbollah immediately cast blame...

Published Wed, Dec 04 2013 6:07 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Still the People’s Republic of Rumors

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE As my FP colleague Isaac Stone Fish, Bloomberg View's Adam Minter, and others have very ably documented, China's microblogs have been buzzing all week with rumors - unsubstantiated -- of a political...

Published Thu, Mar 22 2012 7:49 AM by FP Passport

Worst Place for the World's Children: Afghanistan

Where is the worst place for children to be born in 2009, especially girls? Surprise! Afghanistan. Today, UNICEF published a special report titled State of the World's Children ; Daniel Toole, UNICEF regional director for South Asia, told a news briefing...

Published Thu, Nov 19 2009 12:03 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Human Rights, Middle East, Afghanistan, Women, Public Health, India

Think That Kiev Agreement Will Hold? Think Again.

After days of bloody street battles in central Kiev that may have left as many as 100 people dead, protest leaders signed an agreement Friday with Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych to end the stand-off. The deal curtails the powers of the president...

Published Fri, Feb 21 2014 8:57 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Europe, Russia, Diplomacy, Politics, Democracy

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

The U.S. and Egypt: A friendly status quo

After it was reported this morning that the United States intends to "release at least a portion of $1.5 billion in aid to Egypt," a Brookings Institute Panel this afternoon discussed the future of U.S.-Egypt relations. Shadi Hamid, the director...

Published Fri, Mar 16 2012 2:39 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Latin America, Egypt

Afghanistan shooter quoted in 2009 Army article from Iraq?

The Army has just released the name of the suspect in last weekend's shooting rampage in Afghanistan: Staff Sgt. Robert Bales: His lawyer, John Henry Browne, said on Thursday that the suspect was a 38-year-old man who had been injured twice while...

Published Fri, Mar 16 2012 3:49 PM by FP Passport

Meet the U.S. Army’s Team of Crack Olympic Bobsledders

As a teenager, Mike Kohn dreamt being both a soldier and professional athlete. He's found an unusual way of combining the two. Kohn, now an Army officer, is in Sochi as a member of the U.S. Olympic bobsledding team. On Friday, Kohn -- a lieutenant...

Published Fri, Feb 07 2014 11:26 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: North America, Military, Olympics