An unplanned handshake between Foreign Minister Javad Zarif and President Barack Obama has triggered a battle between reformists and hard-line opponents keen on sabotaging the nascent rapprochement with the United States.
For development economists like me, Deaton was a revolutionary and a visionary.
Christopher BlattmanChristopher Blattman is an associate professor of public affairs and political science at Columbia University. He blogs at chrisblattman.com and tweet at @cblatts.
Palestinian youth clash with Israeli police; contestants of the world beard championship show off their facial hair; and residents wade through flooded streets in South Carolina. FP Staff
When public transportation became an outlet for radical creative expression. Reid StandishReid Standish is an assistant digital producer at Foreign Policy. A native of British Columbia, he holds a BA in international studies from Simon Fraser University and an MA from the University of Glasgow. He has lived in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Ukraine, where he reported on drug trafficking, environmental degradation, and the Eurasian Union.
Pope Francis finishes his U.S. tour; mourners hold candle-light vigils in Roseburg, Oregon; and a super moon rises over the English countryside. FP Staff
Barack Obama has abandoned America’s crucial ally in the Gulf just as it faces a war to its south, an ascendant Iran, and fissures within the royal family.
FP contributor Lauren Wolfe and Wendy Young, head of Kids in Need of Defense, discuss the hardships children endure when they flee war — and when they cross U.S. and EU borders.