Elmira Bayrasli

It started in January 2018. Trump hit China with a $53 billion tariff on steel and aluminum. Next, he hit…

We’re coming to you from Prague and Berlin this week, where Elmira has dived deep into the importance of gender…

Islamophobia started long before 9/11. It very well may have also pre-dated the Iranian revolution, which took place 40 years…

“Afghanistan -> Welcome the talks. 5,000 troops to Colombia.” Those two lines, caught this past week on John Bolton’s yellow legal…

January has become synonymous with Davos. And Davos has become synonymous with elite status and power. Given the number of world leaders,…

On Tuesday, January 15, militants belonging to Al-Shabaab, a Somali extremist group affiliated with al Qaeda, attacked a hotel and shopping…

Happy 2019! It’s good to be back – and ready to interrupt. On that topic, expect to see a number…

We’re keeping it short and closing out the year in FPI this week. We’ve got a quick review of what…

2,975 deaths from Hurricane Maria in September 2017 (but estimated to be about 4,500) 153,336 acres and 18,804 structures destroyed; 85 deaths…

All eyes are on Buenos Aires this weekend. The leaders of the Group of 20 strongest economies, aka G20, (we’ve…

So, about that trope that national security and defense is a “man’s” issue (we see you GQ 👀). Last week’s midterms…

There were a lot of firsts on Tuesday. A record number of women ran and won in elections across the…

Remember when we were all obsessed with the Russians and elections? #GoodTimes. Instead, as we go into Tuesday’s midterm elections…

The Jamal Khashoggi saga has gripped our attention, much to Muhammad bin Salman’s (MBS) surprise – and chagrin. After cutting off…

The only things missing were the back and knee slaps. Otherwise, it was all smiles and genteel banter on Tuesday…

On October 10, 1957, Komla Gbedemah entered a Howard Johnson’s diner in Dover, Delaware. Gbedemah was the finance minister of…