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Top 8 Best Foreign Policy Blogs

By Keith Porter, About.com

The blogosphere is full of great resources on U.S. foreign policy. Some of it is analysis, some is opinion, and some is on-the-ground reporting. Here are the ones I check nearly every day.

1. Foreign Policy Passport

This blog is run by the editors of Foreign Policy magazine. While it does point to content from the print publication, there is so much more. The daily "Morning Briefing" full of foreign policy related links is priceless.

2. The Washington Note

Steve Clemons of the New America Foundation runs this personal blog. Mixed in with great analysis of current events is high-quality, well-informed speculation about behind-the-scenes maneuvering in Washington, DC's foreign policy machine. And it has a new design!

3. Democracy Arsenal

The Security and Peace Initiative, a joint initiative of the Center for American Progress and the Century Foundation, created this blog. I like it because of the top notch cast of writers including foreign policy experts Suzanne Nossel, Heather Hurlburt, and Lorelei Kelly.

4. Abu Aardvark

As I worked on the documentary 24/7: The Rise and Influence of Arab Media I fell in love with this blog written by Marc Lynch. Lynch is the author of Voices of the New Arab Public. Lynch is the best American (I know of) for explaining what is really happening in the Arab world.

5. Somewhere In Africa

The McClatchy Newspaper chain offers blogs written by several of their foreign correspondents. I have gotten hooked on the one written by Nairobi-based Shashank Bengali. He provides background on the continent's major news stories, and he provided excellent inside accounts of the recent post-election violence in Kenya.

6. In Asia

In Asia is produced by the Asia Foundation and draws on 55 experts in 20 different countries. New material is posted every Wednesday.

7. PostGlobal

This blog is jointy produced by the Washington Post and Newsweek. It is a conversation on global issues hosted by David Ignatius and Fareed Zakaria.

8. A Fistful of Euros

This multi-author blog aims "...to provide a venue for informed commentary on European politics... from a pan-European perspective." Their sister blog, A Few Euros More, examines European cultural issues.

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