Subject: Editors' Picks: Building democracy in America's backyard; and Russia's currency free fall
From: "Foreign Policy" <[email-masked]>
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Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2014 18:02:14 -0400 (EDT)

FOREIGN POLICY'S TOP 5 READS
Friday, October 31

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#1 
MIDTERM LOW POINT: If the United States wants to spread democracy around the world, it needs to clean up its act at home. The latest from FP’s Christian Caryl: <a href='http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c71y6xx.2eqc/VFP-78PohfcNOVONA9c87 target='_blank' style='font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:#ea1414;text-decoration:none;font-size:15px;line-height:21px;'>Read more</a>:
<http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c71y6xx.2eqc/VFP-78PohfcNOVOIAd8ca>

#2
ONE CUBIC METER AT A TIME: Ukraine and Russia have settled their natural gas dispute. But that doesn't mean the wider conflict is anywhere near resolved. FP’s Keith Johnson reports: <a href='http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c71y6xx.2eqc/VFP-78PohfcNOVOOA1529 target='_blank' style='font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:#ea1414;text-decoration:none;font-size:15px;line-height:21px;'>Read more</a>:
<http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c71y6xx.2eqc/VFP-78PohfcNOVOJA2554>

#3
KHORASAN WHO?: In September, the administration said the Khorasan Group was about to attack America. But the terrorist group seems to have fallen off the radar: <a href='http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c71y6xx.2eqc/VFP-78PohfcNOVOPA0506 target='_blank' style='font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:#ea1414;text-decoration:none;font-size:15px;line-height:21px;'>Read more</a>: 
<http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c71y6xx.2eqc/VFP-78PohfcNOVOKAa45f>

#4
RUBLE ROUSER: Russia's big move to hike interest rates is giving cold comfort for investors worried the country's currency is in free fall. FP’s Jamila Trindle reports: <a href='http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c71y6xx.2eqc/VFP-78PohfcNOVOQA3d83 target='_blank' style='font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:#ea1414;text-decoration:none;font-size:15px;line-height:21px;'>Read more</a>:
<http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c71y6xx.2eqc/VFP-78PohfcNOVOLA9972>

#5
THE BACKYARD REVOLUTION: Germany's increasingly powered by backyard windmills and locally owned solar panels. And this patchwork system just might be the future of sustainable energy: <a href='http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c71y6xx.2eqc/VFP-78PohfcNOVORA19a4 target='_blank' style='font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:#ea1414;text-decoration:none;font-size:15px;line-height:21px;'>Read more</a>:
<http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c71y6xx.2eqc/VFP-78PohfcNOVOMA5fae>

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