Foreign Policy: The 10 Top Stories You Missed in 2008

In 2008, our attention was mostly focused on the long American presidential campaign and the dramatic crash of the global financial system. These two stories overshadowed many other important ones. And so Foreign Policy has put together a collection of the most overlooked foreign affairs stories of ’08. Russia’s move into Africa, the beginning of a new Darfur, solar panels emitting greenhouse gases — these stories and more get covered here.