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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Losing Yemen
How this forgotten corner of the Arabian Peninsula became the most dangerous country in the world.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Finding the Right Take-Off Speed
There's no one-size-fits-all approach to transition economies. But slow and steady often wins the race.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 America’s Other Army
Interviews with diplomats in the line of fire -- an exclusive excerpt from the new book America's Other Army: The U.S. Foreign Service and 21st Century Diplomacy.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Dark Soldiers of the New Order
The Soviet Union's spies haven't disappeared, they're just wearing new clothes. An exclusive excerpt from Edward Lucas's new book, Deception.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Deadwood
Forget the best and brightest. Why did America send its C team to Afghanistan? An exclusive excerpt from the new book Little America: The War Within the War for Afghanistan.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 State of Disrepair
If the State Department really wants to lead U.S. foreign policy, it needs to stop complaining about the military and act more like it.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Lady and the Peacock
An exclusive excerpt from the new biography on Burma's democratic opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Shadid’s Legacy
Anthony Shadid was one of the finest foreign correspondents of his -- or any -- generation. He passed away Feb. 16, 2012, while on assignment in Syria, but left behind a body of work that was often as poetic as it was insightful. Here are some of our favorite moments.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 One Fine Day in Liberation Square
One year ago, Egyptians took to the streets in protests that shocked the world, and changed the course of the entire Middle East.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Why the Chinese Save
Contrary to conventional wisdom, China's high savings rate has everything to do with policy and institutions. Culture, not so much.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 A Secure, Undisclosed Location
In his latest book, "Warriors of God," Nicholas Blanford goes searching for one of Hezbollah's secret war bunkers, constructed mere feet from the Israeli border.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Remembering the Unquiet American
A fond retrospective on Richard Holbrooke, America’s most ambitious diplomat.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Shadow Superpower
Forget China: the $10 trillion global black market is the world's fastest growing economy -- and its future.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Asia’s New Great Game
China and India are both hungry for Burma's vast natural riches. But will Burma's people pay the price or can this Southeast Asian backwater finally enter the 21st century?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Annotated Toffler
The couple that predicted the world we live in today.
