Jan
03
2011
- The Fake Taliban and Other Great Diplo-Scams [An FP List]
The United States got bamboozled by a con artist purporting to be a high-ranking Taliban official. Here are five other unbelievable and embarrassing historical diplomatic frauds.
- Tanks, But No Tanks - By Maj. Michael Waltz
Why heavy armor won’t save Afghanistan.
- Why al Qaeda Loves the TSA - By Daveed Gartenstein-Ross
- Want to Know What North Koreans Think About Kim Jong Un? - By Angela Hawken and Matt Leighty
Just ask.
- Russia’s Not-So-Odd Couple - By Christian Caryl
Politicians and pundits won’t stop telling us that Medvedev and Putin are at odds. Keep dreaming.
- Sarkozy’s Iron Lady - By Eric Pape [An FP Profile]
Meet Michele Alliot-Marie, France’s right-wing, rugby-loving new foreign minister.
May
26
2009
Child soldiering is not something new. Is child soldiering a human rights issue? Why are children associated with fighting forces? Why did they become suicide bombers? Is there a way to stop it? Scott Gates (director of the Centre for the Study of Civil War at the International Peace Research Institute) and Simon Reich (director of the Division of Global Affairs at Rutgers University) have some thoughts on these questions.
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