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The FPA’s Must Reads (Feb. 22-March 1)

The FPA’s Must Reads (Feb. 22-March 1)

Sequestration bringing you down? Turn off CNN and check out Foreign Policy Blogs editors’ must-read pieces from around the web.

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Year in Review: Twitter and Foreign Policy

Year in Review: Twitter and Foreign Policy

When I think back to 2012, I will inevitably think back to Twitter as the lens through which I saw elections, natural disasters, and major political events unfold. When it comes to foreign policy and cross-border issues, Twitter is playing more of a role than ever.  Highlights from the past year in the international Twitterverse […]

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If the Pope cannot do it, who can?

If the Pope cannot do it, who can?

On a visit to the Western Hemisphere last week from Rome, Pope Benedict XVI stopped first in Mexico, a country whose population is 80-85% Catholic. It is the most Catholic, in this sense, of the world’s Spanish-speaking countries. His second visit was to Cuba, a country that has been traditionally Catholic, but was officially an […]

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Monday News

Monday News

The Arroyo Administration and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) have signed an agreement to form an “International Contact Group” to help negotiate a peace agreement between the two sides in the  predominately Muslim island of Mindanao.  Got all that?  The agreement was signed in Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday.  For more background go here. – […]

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If You Don't Like Al Gore, Then

… what about these people? California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) from a speech yesterday at the Council on Foreign Relations , “I can tell you, mainstream scientists are convinced, mainstream CEOs are convinced, and if you look at the surveys, mainstream Americans are convinced, that global warming and climate change is real, and that we […]

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