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March 27, 2023

U.S. Foreign Policy
Diplomacy and the Fight for Race Equality: a Fireside Chat With U.S. Special Representative Desirée Cormier Smith

As U.S. foreign policy evolves, how can the State Department truly help America lead not merely by the example of its power, but the power of its example?

Special Representative for Racial Equity and Justice, Desiree Cormier Smith sits on the left, in conversation with Catherine Powell on the right, seated at an event at NYU School of Law.
Blog Post by Catherine Powell and Alexandra Dent Women Around the World

February 3, 2023

United States
Ten Facts About the State of the Union Address

President Biden delivers his second State of the Union speech next Tuesday night. Here are ten things you might not know about the tradition of having a president deliver an annual address.

Biden SOTU
Blog Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge

October 13, 2017

United States
Happy 242nd Birthday to the U.S. Navy!

The U.S. Navy turns 242 years-old today. On October 13, 1775, the Continental Congress commissioned two ships, each with eighty sailors, “for intercepting such transports as may be laden with warlike…

navy birthday
Blog Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge

November 8, 2013

China
Friday Asia Update: The Top Five Stories for the Week of November 8, 2013

Sharone Tobias and Will Piekos look at the top five stories in Asia this week. 1. Thailand delays debate on amnesty bill that has sparked mass protests. The Thai senate on Friday delayed debate on a…

Police stand guard in front of the Shanxi Provincial Communist Party office building after explosions in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province on November 6, 2013 (cnsphoto/Courtesy Reuters).
Blog Post by Guest Blogger for Asia Unbound Asia Unbound

December 21, 2011

Human Rights
Did President Carter Send Condolences to North Korea?

According to the North Korean news agency, former president Jimmy Carter has sent condolences on the death of Kim Jong-Il. Here  is the statement the North Koreans issued: Pyongyang, December 21 (K…

Blog Post by Elliott Abrams Pressure Points