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Foreign Policy's top ten overlooked stories of 2009
Lots of important events take place in the world, but, to a degree, it's the choices of major newspapers and television outlets that decide what people focus on. That's why every year Foreign Policy magazine publishes its "Top 10 Stories You Missed." What was big--and overlooked--in 2009? How about the opening of the Northeast passage (a water route from East Asia to Western Europe) thanks to melting ice? The establishment of a "hotline" between China and India? Or various flashpoints in Iraq that are now largely ignored as the U.S. focuses more on Afghanistan? Find out what's likely to top the news in 2010, by looking at what was overlooked in 2009.
Lots of important events take place in the world, but, to a degree, it's the choices of major newspapers and television outlets that decide what people focus on. That's why every year Foreign Policy magazine publishes its "Top 10 Stories You Missed." What was big--and overlooked--in 2009? How about the opening of the Northeast passage (a water route from East Asia to Western Europe) thanks to melting ice? The establishment of a "hotline" between China and India? Or various flashpoints in Iraq that are now largely ignored as the U.S. focuses more on Afghanistan? Find out what's likely to top the news in 2010, by looking at what was overlooked in 2009.
Read the full list here.
Guest:
Blake Hounshell, managing editor of Foreign Policy Magazine