Subject: Editors' Picks, presented by the Fletcher School's Master of International Business Program: Cutting off the head of the Islamic State; and remembering the Berlin Wall
From: "Foreign Policy" <[email-masked]>
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Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2014 18:07:35 -0500 (EST)

FOREIGN POLICY'S TOP 5 READS
Wednesday, November 05

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#1 
TRICKY BARRY: After the GOP’s big win yesterday, Obama could end his term as the most isolated president since Nixon. The latest from FP’s David Rothkopf: <a href='http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c71ypb3.4p54/VFqoAcPohQdh0mApA8bc4 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/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c71ypb3.4p54/VFqoAcPohQdh0mAlA9314>

#2
A COLD WAR MEMOIR: It's hard to remember just how impassable the Berlin Wall was -- until one day it wasn't. FP’s Christian Caryl remembers watching the wall come down: <a href='http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c71ypb3.4p54/VFqoAcPohQdh0mAqA90be 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/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c71ypb3.4p54/VFqoAcPohQdh0mAmAbbc0>

#3
A HYDRA IN SYRIA: The U.S. military takes out terrorist leaders around the world, but it's been unable to cut the head off of the Islamic State. FP's Kate Brannen reports: <a href='http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c71ypb3.4p54/VFqoAcPohQdh0mArAd3b9 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/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c71ypb3.4p54/VFqoAcPohQdh0mAnA6227>

#4
THE FIERY FALL: FP’s Leela Jacinto profiles Burkina Faso’s now deposed leader, Blaise Compaoré, who was finally dislodged by the uprisings he spent decades avoiding: <a href='http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c71ypb3.4p54/VFqoAcPohQdh0mAsA3df6 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/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c71ypb3.4p54/VFqoAcPohQdh0mAoA7f8b>

#5
Fighting poverty with light: Armed with seed funding, two graduate students pilot a business initiative to bring solar lights to rural Africa using existing bus lines and mobile phone kiosks.:
<http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c71ypb3.4p54/VFPqE8Po_WL2p9D9A0a27>

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