Foreign Policy / Found Poetry

The art & design of foreign policy, with poetic flair Instagram: @fpfoundpoetry

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Fake news (Trying a new style. Source: New Yorker)

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Internet shutdowns in Cameroon are finally over, after more than 90 days.  Turning off the internet infringes on freedom of speech, damages the economy, and prevents access to information.  The international community must encourage governments not to use these tactics.

Sources:

http://www.artnews.com/2017/04/24/at-seven-on-seven-conference-artists-and-technologists-unite-to-ponder-politics-sexting-fake-news-and-more/

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/africa-in-focus/2017/01/06/figure-of-the-week-internet-shutdowns-in-sub-saharan-africa-in-2016/

https://www.ifex.org/cameroon/2017/04/21/internet-access-restored/

https://qz.com/966487/cameroons-anglophone-region-got-their-internet-back-lets-fight-to-keep-it-on-in-africa/

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Crossing Borders: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

Architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe immigrated to the US from Germany around 1938. In America, Mies van der Rohe’s career as an architect and teacher flourished, and his distinctive high-modernist designs proved hugely influential on generations of architects internationally. It wasn’t until his last project, the weightless pavilion for Berlin’s New National Gallery (pictured here in a perspective collage), completed in 1968, that Mies van der Rohe again set foot in the country of his birth. Learn about Mies van der Rohe and other immigrant artists: mo.ma/crossingborders.

Our digital exhibition “Crossing Borders,” presented as part of our #CitizensBorders initiative, showcases works from MoMA’s collection by artists who immigrated to the U.S., often as refugees in search of safe haven. Explore all the works at mo.ma/crossingborders

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[Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (b. Germany. 1886–1969). “New National Gallery, Berlin, Germany (Interior perspective)” c. 1962–1968. Mies van der Rohe Archive, gift of the architect. © 2017 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn]

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Action shot

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Trump’s doctrine of unpredictability is much more dangerous than brinkmanship or Nixon’s rational irrationality

Sources: https://m.mic.com/articles/173581/experts-donald-trump-syria-policy-after-strike-whats-next#.oyjxFJfvd http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/04/18/trumps-madman-theory-isnt-strategic-unpredictability-its-just-crazy/?utm_source=Sailthru https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/04/20/opinion/the-north-korea-trump-nightmare.html

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Globalization and an increased understanding of the role art can play in (global) politics has had enormous benefits, but also presents challenges for the art world

Sources: https://news.artnet.com/market/art-basel-hong-kong-asian-art-900326 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/07/arts/art-sales-collecting.html http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2017/04/10/why-has-the-uae-excluded-artists-from-its-abu-dhabi-culture-summit.html

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Reminiscing about Hong Kong

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America First

life on this planet revolves around those of us

infected with a new, Trumpian me-me-me-ism

the world falls away

“America First”

concrete manifestation of a president’s worldview

a gigantic roll of the dice with global security

observers uneasy

Bannon did not respond to a request for comment

Sources: http://www.vox.com/world/2017/3/16/14945292/trump-budget-2017-defense-state

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/josh-rogin/wp/2017/03/24/mccain-concerned-trump-listening-to-bannon-on-foreign-policy/?utm_term=.936e00db365a

http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/03/24/trump-narcissim-trancendental-solopsim-opportunity-cost-media-cycle-greatness-china/

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A foreign policy found poem.

Sources: http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/03/22/north-koreas-latest-missile-test-failed-within-seconds/ http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/24/us/north-korea-nuclear-test/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/north-koreas-leader-is-a-lot-of-things–but-irrational-is-not-one-of-them/2017/03/25/67b458d8-0da8-11e7-aa57-2ca1b05c41b8_story.html?utm_term=.14c4eb427e18