The Enemy You Know and the Ally You Don't
In September of last year, Nujaifi paid $ 300,000 of his own money to a Washington consulting firm to help rally support among influential foreign-policy elites and policymakers in the United States for his plan to arm a state militia for Nineveh. This ...
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Where to Invest Around the World, 2015 Edition
India's up, America's down, and Venezuela brings up the rear in the Baseline Profitability Index. By Daniel AltmanDaniel Altman is senior editor, economics at Foreign Policy and is an adjunct professor at New York University's Stern School of Business ...
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After SCOTUS Ruling, China's Twitter Is Trending Rainbows Too
By Bethany Allen-EbrahimianBethany Allen-Ebrahimian is a Tea Leaf Nation fellow at Foreign Policy. She spent four years in China before joining Foreign Policy and holds a master's degree in East Asian studies from Yale University. June 26, 2015; bethany.
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Viral in China: A Bittersweet Farewell to Hong Kong
A former lawyer in New York and Hong Kong, David first encountered China as a Peace Corps volunteer. He has appeared on BBC television, Al Jazeera English, Public Radio International, Voice of America, and other outlets as a commentator on China.
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New Findings Pinpoint Africa's Elephant Poaching Hotspots
By Benjamin SolowayBenjamin Soloway is an editorial assistant at Foreign Policy. He worked previously in Indonesia as a web editor and Princeton in Asia journalism fellow at the Jakarta Globe. He has also lived in Turkey and Brazil. His work has been ...
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Still Cozy After All These Years
... Cold War Crucible: The Korean Conflict and the Postwar World., Sergey RadchenkoSergey Radchenko is a reader in international politics at Aberystwyth University and a former public policy fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
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Robert Gates: 'Not Impressed' With GOP Candidates on Foreign Policy
Gates is a Republican, but was defense secretary under President Barack Obama. He said he is impressed with former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's foreign policy knowledge, but added that he never discussed domestic policy with her when they ...
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Why Are Chinese and Russian Ships Prowling the Mediterranean?
There are good, simple reasons for the joint naval exercises in the waters off Europe. But Moscow and Beijing also ain't above a little swagger. By Jim Holmes<p> Jim Holmes is an associate professor of strategy at the U.S. Naval War College and co ...
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Successful US Raid Into Syria Could Lead to More Missions …
Colum Lynch is Foreign Policy's award-winning U.N.-based senior diplomatic reporter. Lynch previously wrote Foreign Policy's Turtle Bay blog, for which he was awarded the 2011 National Magazine Award for best reporting in digital media. He is also a ...
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