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August 21, 2020

Wars and Conflict
Five Movies Worth Watching About Foreign Intrigue

Each Friday this summer, we suggest foreign-policy-themed movies worth watching. This week: tales of espionage and conspiracy.

Movie posters clockwise from the top left: Bridge of Spies/Amazon; Notorious/ReelGood; The Third Man/FilmSite; Argo/Awards Circuit; The Spy Who Came in from the Cold/YouTube; Three Days of the Condor/FanArt.
Blog Post by James M. Lindsay and Margaret Gach The Water's Edge

August 4, 2014

Defense and Security
TWE Remembers: The Gulf of Tonkin Incident

The USS Maddox was on alert on the evening of August 4, 1964 in the Gulf of Tonkin. Two nights earlier North Vietnamese patrol boats had attacked it without warning. The Maddox had driven them off wi…

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

September 11, 2006

Monetary Policy
So much good information comes out in the week before the annual meetings …

That makes it hard to decide what to read. Reserve geeks, though, should pick up the Mohanty/ Turner and Wooldridge papers in the latest BIS quarterly.     Hat tip, the New Economist.  They…

Blog Post by Brad W. Setser Follow the Money

May 11, 2018

Eurozone
Ireland Exports its Leprechaun

Irish tax distortions have a material impact on aggregate eurozone economic data.

Ireland Exports its Leprechaun
Blog Post by Brad W. Setser Follow the Money

June 20, 2011

Defense and Security
Congress Barking, Not Biting, on War Powers

The U.S. Capitol Dome is pictured behind a cherry blossom tree. (Hyungwon Kang/courtesy Reuters) Debate over Libya and the War Powers Resolution heated up over the weekend. The New York Times report…

The U.S. Capitol Dome is pictured behind a cherry blossom tree in Washington.
Blog Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge