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August 15, 2014

Russia
Friday Asia Update: Top Five Stories for the Week of August 15, 2014

Ashlyn Anderson, Lauren Dickey, Darcie Draudt, Andrew Hill, Will Piekos, and Sharone Tobias look at the top stories in Asia today. 1. Pope Francis draws thousands on his first trip to Asia. Pope Fra…

A woman holds a picture of Pope Francis while waiting for his arrival for the Holy Mass at Daejeon World Cup stadium in Daejeon August 15, 2014. Pope Francis on Friday commemorated the more than 300 people killed in a ferry disaster in April, and called on South Koreans, among Asia's richest people, to beware of the spiritual "cancer" that often accompanies affluent societies. REUTERS/Lee Jin-man/Pool (SOUTH KOREA - Tags: RELIGION POLITICS)

December 31, 2020

2020 in Review
Ten Good Foreign Policy News Stories in 2020

As 2020 comes to a close, here are ten positive stories on the foreign policy front that happened in the past year. 

Margaret Kennan is pushed in a wheelchair down a hallway lined with applauding hospital staff.

April 29, 2011

China
China’s Political Reformers Strike Back

Locals read Chinese newspapers displayed on a public notice board in central Beijing. (David Gray/Courtesy Reuters) Over the past year, the world has watched with growing dismay as China’s leaders h…

Locals read Chinese newspapers displayed on a public notice board in central Beijing.

February 1, 2017

Privacy
China’s Big Data Push Runs Into Orwell and Red Tape

Lorand Laskai is a research associate in Asia studies program at the Council on Foreign Relations. You can follow him @lorandlaskai.  Like most policymakers around the world, the leadership of the C…

April 29, 2008

Emerging Markets
Borders still matter; “the world isn’t as flat as it used to be”

On Monday, Bob Davis of the Wall Street Journal argued that the world isn’t flat, or at least it “isn’t as flat as it used to be.” National borders matter more. Barriers to the free flow of go…