The Foreign Policy Story of the Year
...and all the others that may have made you miss it.
BY DECEMBER 31, 2014
The top foreign-policy story of 2014 sneaks up on you. It generated precious few headlines. It is even a bit counterintuitive. But if you measure the importance of foreign-policy stories in any given year in terms of their likely impact on international relations in the years ahead, this one stands out from the other candidates. It is not a runaway winner. But it is a story the world would do well not to underestimate, oceans of rhetoric and punditry to the contrary notwithstanding.The Foreign Policy Story of the Year by Thavam Ratna
