FP Explainer
List of FP Explainer articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 What Happens During a Nuclear Meltdown?
Not what's happening in Japan.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Do No-Fly Zones Work?
Yes, but they might not stop Qaddafi.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 How Do You Hire Mercenaries?
It helps to have connections in post-conflict countries.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Can You Get Away With Any Crime if You Have Diplomatic Immunity?
Pretty much, unless your own government gives you up.
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Orlando /Three Lions/Getty Images Why Do the World’s Fattest People Live on Islands?
It's not piña coladas. Evolution has been overwhelmed by Western lifestyles.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 How Do We Know How Many Protesters Came Out in Cairo?
We don't really.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Can Governments Really ‘Block’ Twitter?
Not really. The domain name is inaccessible, but it's not that hard to get around.
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ALESSIA GIULIANI/AFP/Getty Images Who Are the Knights of Malta — and What Do They Want?
They're a secretive religious order with a long and bloody history and unique status under international law, but that doesn't mean they run the world.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 How Does the Vatican Decide What’s a Miracle?
Some theology, a little science, and a whole lot of politics.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Why Do Coptic Christians Celebrate Christmas on a Different Day?
Because they're using a different calendar.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Why Do Diplomats Still Send Cables?
To keep a record and advance their careers.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Did U.N. Peacekeepers Bring Cholera to Haiti?
Not necessarily.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Why Does Turkey Always Arrest So Many People at the Same Time?
To make a statement.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Why Do Currency Wars Start?
Because when one country plays with its exchange rate, everyone else has to.
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