Editors' Picks, Presented by Russia Direct: Ranking the top 25 international relations programs; and China's elusive quest for its first aircraft carrier

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FOREIGN POLICY'S TOP 5 READS
Tuesday, February 03

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#1
IVORY TOWER INDEX: U.S. scholars rank the top 25 international relations programs for undergraduate, master’s, and Ph.D.’s and weigh in on the top research questions facing academia: <a href='http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c728tlp.3pbo/VNFPrsPo_XyS8hcsA20cb 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/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c728tlp.3pbo/VNFPrcPo_XyS8hcmAe281>

#2
RED-WATER NAVY: The bizarre story of how China bought, built, and lied about its first aircraft carrier says a lot about Beijing’s ambitions for sea-power domination: <a href='http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c728tlp.3pbo/VNFPrsPo_XyS8hctAda87 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/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c728tlp.3pbo/VNFPrcPo_XyS8hcnA7a28>

#3
AN EYE FOR AN EYE: A video released today by the Islamic State shows the execution of captured Jordanian pilot Moaz al-Kasasbeh as he is burned alive in a cage: <a href='http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c728tlp.3pbo/VNFPrsPo_XyS8hcuA1e76 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/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c728tlp.3pbo/VNFPrsPo_XyS8hcoA60c5>

#4
CRUDE AWAKENING: Oil’s six-month plunge seems to have ended. But the factors that caused it in the first place haven’t gone away. FP’s Keith Johnson reports: <a href='http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c728tlp.3pbo/VNFPrsPo_XyS8hcvA7643 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/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c728tlp.3pbo/VNFPrsPo_XyS8hcpA3e1a>

#5
THE BACKLASH BEGINS: From Greece to Spain to France, radical parties are making gains. And the Eurocrats have no one to blame but themselves, writes FP contributor Philippe Legrain: <a href='http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c728tlp.3pbo/VNFPrsPo_XyS8hcwAaaf9 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/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c728tlp.3pbo/VNFPrsPo_XyS8hcrA0d4c>

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