THE PACIFIC POWER INDEX

Pivot. Rebalance. Containment. Provocation. Call it what you will, but the complicated relationship between the United States and China is far more important than the Washington-Moscow two-step ever was. Check out FP’s list of the 50 most important people in Sino-American relations. They put the power in superpowers.

When Did Obama Give Up? Don’t be fooled by the recent flurry of executive action on immigration and Cuba or the hasty half-war against the Islamic State. Look closely at the U.S. president’s speeches of late, and you’ll see an unmistakable air of resignation. Read FP contributing editor James Traub’s masterful feature on the diminution of what was once a grand vision in the White House. The FP Twitterati 100 Ugh, @taylorswift13 is so last year. It’s 2015, and time to trim whom you’re following. Every pundit and D.C. junkie tweets breaking news like they invented it, but FP’s annual list of the most important—and interesting—people on Twitter has both the newsmakers and the intellectual heavyweights to keep you in the conversation from Jakarta to Jerusalem. CORRECTION The photo for Afghan graffiti artist Shamsia Hassani…

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Foreign Policy (Digital) - 1 Issue, January - February 2015

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