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August 4, 2010

Myanmar
The Near Future of U.S.-Myanmar Relations

In a new expert brief published today on CFR.org, I examine the near-term future of U.S.-Myanmar relations. The upcoming year could be decisive for the United States’ relations with the reclusive j…

U.S .State Secretary Clinton and Myanmar’s Permanent Representative to ASEAN Lynn pose for a photo before the opening of the ARF in Hanoi
Blog Post by Joshua Kurlantzick Asia Unbound

July 31, 2014

Wars and Conflict
TWE Remembers: World War I Poetry

“I think that I shall never see / A poem as lovely as a tree.” Most Americans know the opening lines of the poem “Trees” by Joyce Kilmer. What they probably don’t know is that Kilmer was a war hero—t…

World-War-I-Poetry
Blog Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge

March 4, 2015

United States
Top Ten Vietnam War Movies

The Water's Edge picks for the best films about the Vietnam War. 

Vietnam-War-Films
Blog Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge

November 3, 2007

Monetary Policy
If the governments of emerging economies stuck to buying bonds would everything be ok?

Bloomberg’s Matthew Lynn argues that those countries now fretting about the impact of sovereign wealth funds didn’t complain when sovereign governments bought huge quantities of bonds:   Nobody minde…

Blog Post by Brad W. Setser Follow the Money

October 12, 2012

United States
Middle East Matters This Week: Egypt Clashes, Turkey-Syria Escalate, Israel Calls Elections

Significant Middle East Developments Egypt. Hundreds of people were injured today when supporters and opponents of Egyptian leader Mohammed Morsi clashed violently in Tahrir Square for the first tim…

A member of the Muslim Brotherhood and supporter of Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi punches an anti-Brotherhood protester at Tahrir Square on October 12, 2012 (Chany/Courtesy Reuters).
Blog Post by Robert Danin Middle East Matters