http://www.fpif.org/blog/rss FPIF Focal Points Blog Wed, 22 May 2013 07:23:22 -0400 en-us 38.906778-77.041481FPIF/bloghttp://feedburner.google.com http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FPIF/blog/~3/Z2spceHczno/emphasis_added_the_foreign_policy_week_in_pieces_522 http://www.fpif.org/blog/emphasis_added_the_foreign_policy_week_in_pieces_522 Wed, 22 May 2013 06:00:00 -0400 From austerity to Al Nusra.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FPIF/blog/~4/Z2spceHczno" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.fpif.org/blog/emphasis_added_the_foreign_policy_week_in_pieces_522 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FPIF/blog/~3/2d9uYrEhGjM/useful_enemies_us_admitted_not_just_nazis_after_wwii_but_their_sadistic_collaborators http://www.fpif.org/blog/useful_enemies_us_admitted_not_just_nazis_after_wwii_but_their_sadistic_collaborators Tue, 21 May 2013 06:00:00 -0400 Why did the United States feel the need to admit Baltic and Eastern Europeans who at times exceeded the Nazis in brutality?<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FPIF/blog/~4/2d9uYrEhGjM" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.fpif.org/blog/useful_enemies_us_admitted_not_just_nazis_after_wwii_but_their_sadistic_collaborators http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FPIF/blog/~3/mU9xC2Yvlas/tripping_up_least_developed_countries_on_medicines_green_tech_and_textbooks1 http://www.fpif.org/blog/tripping_up_least_developed_countries_on_medicines_green_tech_and_textbooks1 Mon, 20 May 2013 12:01:40 -0400 The World Trade Organization struggles for relevance in a world that embraces diversity.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FPIF/blog/~4/mU9xC2Yvlas" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.fpif.org/blog/tripping_up_least_developed_countries_on_medicines_green_tech_and_textbooks1 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FPIF/blog/~3/2mmyVwYvnzs/emphasis_added_the_foreign_policy_week_in_pieces_517 http://www.fpif.org/blog/emphasis_added_the_foreign_policy_week_in_pieces_517 Fri, 17 May 2013 06:00:00 -0400 From the decline in democracy to the rise in the price of peace.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FPIF/blog/~4/2mmyVwYvnzs" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.fpif.org/blog/emphasis_added_the_foreign_policy_week_in_pieces_517 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FPIF/blog/~3/Nclk_ywK1n8/right-wing_think_tank_hispanics_welfare_queens_like_blacks http://www.fpif.org/blog/right-wing_think_tank_hispanics_welfare_queens_like_blacks Thu, 16 May 2013 08:48:55 -0400 A study by the Heritage Foundation maintained that Hispanic immigrants are deficient in I.Q. and thus disposed to rely on "government handouts."<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FPIF/blog/~4/Nclk_ywK1n8" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.fpif.org/blog/right-wing_think_tank_hispanics_welfare_queens_like_blacks http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FPIF/blog/~3/MDWE3EsbsZo/president_obama_tries_to_pass_guantanamo_closure_buck_to_congress http://www.fpif.org/blog/president_obama_tries_to_pass_guantanamo_closure_buck_to_congress Wed, 15 May 2013 08:03:23 -0400 As the Guantanamo hunger strike widens, the president deflects blame.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FPIF/blog/~4/MDWE3EsbsZo" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.fpif.org/blog/president_obama_tries_to_pass_guantanamo_closure_buck_to_congress http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FPIF/blog/~3/dApM0vBatHY/expand_nuclear_weapons_programs_to_protect_missileers_tender_psyches http://www.fpif.org/blog/expand_nuclear_weapons_programs_to_protect_missileers_tender_psyches Tue, 14 May 2013 06:00:00 -0400 Nuclear missile officers jobs weigh heavy on them but not for the reasons you'd think.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FPIF/blog/~4/dApM0vBatHY" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.fpif.org/blog/expand_nuclear_weapons_programs_to_protect_missileers_tender_psyches http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FPIF/blog/~3/nrkR6AfT36I/spirit_of_boondoggle_departs_quashed_los_alamos_project_finds_new_one_to_possess http://www.fpif.org/blog/spirit_of_boondoggle_departs_quashed_los_alamos_project_finds_new_one_to_possess Mon, 13 May 2013 11:00:00 -0400 The construction of an expensive new plutonium pit facility has been abandoned. Will it be replaced a collection of smaller buildings?<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FPIF/blog/~4/nrkR6AfT36I" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.fpif.org/blog/spirit_of_boondoggle_departs_quashed_los_alamos_project_finds_new_one_to_possess http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FPIF/blog/~3/nplvIf_BmVE/portugal_struggles_to_meet_troika_conditions http://www.fpif.org/blog/portugal_struggles_to_meet_troika_conditions Mon, 13 May 2013 08:45:33 -0400 In order to qualify for the next loan installment, Prime Minister Coelho must convince the European Union and the IMF that he can make draconian cuts.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FPIF/blog/~4/nplvIf_BmVE" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.fpif.org/blog/portugal_struggles_to_meet_troika_conditions http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FPIF/blog/~3/9zOZx9AmD-w/syria_great_game_or_just_a_tug_of_war http://www.fpif.org/blog/syria_great_game_or_just_a_tug_of_war Fri, 10 May 2013 08:29:46 -0400 Too many states, large and small, see themselves as having a vested interest in Syria's outcome.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FPIF/blog/~4/9zOZx9AmD-w" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.fpif.org/blog/syria_great_game_or_just_a_tug_of_war