The best of Foreign Affairs

It is the time of evaluations and looking back at what 2012 meant in terms of foreign affairs. I will continue with a couple of reviews and my own evaluations, but for the moment, I will present the choice of Foreign Affairs, outlining the most challenging articles in the last 12 months. My choice is Why Iran should Get the Bomb, an article that was not probably enough discussed.

From the web collection, my favorite is Game of Thrones as Theory, for the potential of using online game theories for foreign affairs. 

As from the best collection of books on foreign affairs, on my priority list I introduced: Cuban Economic and Social Development, A single roll on the dice, on the US diplomacy in Iran, Worlds of Dissent dealing with the policies during the Cold war and Embers of War, about America far and beyond the Vietnam War. 

The blogging break is over

We are back! After more than 3 months of vacation, the blog will be updated at least twice the week and as often as possible, with the latest foreign affairs news and analysis. A special post per week will be dedicated to book reviews about foreign affairs and international politics, but especially about the ways in which social media influenced the current management of the diplomatic affairs.

Any writer needs from time to time a little bit of a break. When you are a blogger, you are more exposed than a journalist and a writer together to come up with new information and fresh analysis. Faced with a very busy academic and writing schedule, we took a break but at least once the week we thought lately about the moment when the time will allow a comeback.

The time has come and, sooner than expected, the interesting news will be published, for the wisest lecture of our smart readers. We thank you to all our  readers and promise not to disappoint at all!

ForeignPolicyFocus Team

Brainstorming

As 2010 is about to end, but not yet at its end, it is about time to evaluate, think, measure, look back and plan the future. In 2009, I wanted to publish a book screening the most important events of the year, with publication deadline the beginning of 2010. For various reasons - the procrastination and the very bad time managements had their share here - the plan was postponed from a month to another, despite the careful documentation of the events. The last time I was thinking - but not writing - about publishing this project was probably September. Now, at the end of October, I remembered about this idea and insist to have it done - this time. This will be the writing project for the month of December, as November is fully booked with the project about 2.0 foreign affairs.

For the next week, the competition is open for ideas, suggestions and other inspirational advices about the events to be included in the 2010 foreign affairs diary.

Arctic Policy?

Questions of a more than ever actuality.

Q and A, about the Middle East, on Foreign Affairs

A very intersting session with Ehud Yaari, journalist and Lafer International Fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.