FMP Commentary

Happy NEU Year

  By JOSH FRIEDMAN Following a Brexit-dominated 2016, the European Union is seeking to shore up its image in 2017. Existential challenges lie ahead, but EU officials are proposing deeper

2016 In Review

By Josh Friedman 2016 was a year of backlash. Western ruling elites took a beating. Here is a look back at what happened: Events of the year 10. Fidel Castro

Messy Balkan Democracy

The following is the second post of a hopefully regularly published blog on the Balkans. Read the first post here. By JOSH FRIEDMAN More than a month into a foreboding

Fall in the Balkans: Ethnic Rivalries and Refugees

Report on the Republika Srpska referendum: The following is the first post of a hopefully regularly published blog on the Balkans. By JOSH FRIEDMAN Summer has ended, but tensions are

Where Does Your Passport Rank?

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Seven countries issue passports that provide more visa-free travel options than the U.S. passport, according to recently released rankings. German citizens have the world’s top travel document. Henley

New Hampshire Primary Recap

By ARNOLD FRIEDMAN Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders, two staunch critics of America’s political establishment on the right and left, scored decisive victories in the first national primary election of

HUMBLED IN IOWA: TRUMP LOSES HIS HEARTLAND GAMBLE

By ARNOLD FRIEDMAN Donald Trump figured he could have it both ways with the American news media in the preliminary round’s first vote for president of the United States.  It