Foreign Policy Magazine – Top 10 Missed Stories

Foreign Policy Magazine recently published its list of underreported, underappreciated, under-read stories…here’s a preview:

1. The Northeast Passage Opens for Business: Look for conflict over borders, national alliances, resources. The main players so far: Russia, US, Canada, Denmark.
2. Iraq’s New Flashpoint: Even though it’s not reported anymore, tensions still run high between Sunni, Shia, and Kurdish interests.
3. A Hotline for China and India: Sounds nice to think of a direct link between two nuclear superpowers, but the motivation is from fear of being too quick to draw. Main area of conflict is Tawang, a region claimed by India and China (through Tibet). What ever happened to the Free Tibet movement?
4. A New Housing Bubble? “The government’s solution to the housing crisis might, ironically, be causing the new problem, by encouraging irresponsible home buying by people who aren’t able to afford it.” Yup.
5. The ‘Civilian Surge’ Fizzles: This will be interesting in light of the military surge in Afghanistan.
6. The Beijing-Brazil Naval Axis: Beijing is practicing using a Brazil aircraft carrier. Surprising? Nope. China is building up it’s naval capabilities and Brazil needs to find new partners, so looking to one of it’s largest trading partners is no surprise.
7. Dead Man Gets Passport: just embarrassing, especially as I watched a few older women getting frisked at the airport over the Thanksgiving holiday.
8. Chechen Murders Go Global: Russia, Russian gangsters, Russian politicians, and Russian politics continue to be some of the scariest things out there, with a global reach, and awful power.
9. America Joins Uganda’s Civil War
10. A ROTC for Spies: CIA sponsors classes and people. Next up, CIA will be buying kegs for new recruits. Maybe the CIA should take a look at how Osama recruits for some ideas. All joking aside, having the CIA identify potential candidates earlier sounds like it might have some potential.

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/category/section/the_list

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