The FPA’s Must Reads (January 30 – February 6)
February 7, 2015 2 min. read

Our favorite longreads and blog posts from the past week.

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Better Foreign Policy Focus As Aid to Military Effectiveness
February 3, 2015 4 min. read

Ineffectiveness is almost guaranteed if such radical discontinuity in missions, on top of cavalier use of force, remains the norm.

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The FPA’s Must Reads (January 23 – January 29)
January 23, 2015 2 min. read

Our favorite longreads and blog posts from the past week.

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FPA’s Must Reads (January 16 – January 22)
January 16, 2015 2 min. read

Our favorite longreads and blog posts from the past week.

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FPA’s Must Reads (January 9 – January 15)
January 9, 2015 2 min. read

Our favorite longreads and blog posts from the past week.

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Candid Discussions: Charles Crawford on Speechwriting
January 8, 2015 19 min. read

Charles Crawford CMG is a public speaking and negotiation expert. He worked for 28 years in the U.K. Diplomatic Service, including three postings as British Ambassador to Sarajevo, Belgrade, and Warsaw, before starting a private consulting career in communication technique. In his early diplomatic career he served as Speechwriter in the U.K. Foreign and Commonwealth […]

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The BRICS Under Cheap Oil
January 5, 2015 3 min. read
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The rapid rise in the value of the U.S. dollar and the effect of new riches in the U.S. energy market has left many adversaries of the U.S. with serious future financial issues

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ISIS suicide bomber threatens to massacre Shiites
January 5, 2015 3 min. read

A recent video that was translated into English by MEMRI highlights the sectarian tensions between Sunnis and Shias in Iraq.

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Candid Discussions: Gissou Nia on Iran’s Human Rights in 2014
January 1, 2015 10 min. read

Ms. Nia sat down with Reza Akhlaghi of the Foreign Policy Association to discuss Iran’s human rights record in 2014 and share her perspectives on the challenges the Iranian society faces in greater recognition of human rights.

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Africa’s Largest Wind Farm
December 24, 2014 6 min. read

After eight years of planning, funds have become available for the planned 310 megawatt (MW) Lake Turkana wind farm project estimated to cost $775 million – the largest private investment in Kenya’s history.

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The Casual Propagandist Today
December 24, 2014 6 min. read

The exposure and arrest of @ShamiWitness, one of the “most-followed” ISIS-fan accounts on Twitter, is indicative of the problems inherent in trying to monitor the Islamic State’s activities from afar.

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Strength and Pride in Diplomacy
December 24, 2014 3 min. read

Last week an agreement between the U.S. and Cuba to end a sixty year freeze on relations ended. Canada and the Vatican had been working in secret with U.S. and Cuban representatives in order to end a freeze on relations that has lasted three generations.

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