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October 13, 2023

United States
Happy 248th Birthday, U.S. Navy!

The U.S. Navy marks 248 years of service.

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

March 16, 2015

Human Rights
Kafka in Paradise: Maldives Court Sentences Former President for Terrorism

On March 13, a Maldivian court found Mohamed Nasheed, the first democratically elected president of the Maldives, guilty of terrorism and sentenced him to thirteen years in prison. The specific act …

March 10, 2014. Photo by Dying Regime licensed under CC BY 2.0 / Cropped from original.
Blog Post by Alyssa Ayres Asia Unbound

July 23, 2021

Oceans and Seas
Five Movies Worth Watching About Conflict at Sea

Every summer Friday, we suggest foreign-policy-themed movies worth watching. This week: films about stormy relationships and battles at sea.

Three movie posters in black frames. From left: Run Silent, Run Deep (two men in khaki uniforms above a sinking ship); Mister Roberts (four men in khaki uniforms look off the edge of a ship); Dunkirk (a young man looks out into a chaotic ocean).
Blog Post by James M. Lindsay and Margaret Gach The Water's Edge

November 15, 2013

China
Friday Asia Update: Top Five Stories for the Week of November 15, 2013

Sharone Tobias and Will Piekos look at the top five stories in Asia this week. 1. China announces sweeping reforms. A wide range of reforms were announced following China’s third plenum of the Eight…

People wait to be airlifted to Manila as Ospreys from the U.S. Navy Ship (USNS) Charles Drew taxi on the tarmac in the background, at Tacloban airport on November 14, 2013 (Wolfgang Rattay/Courtesy Reuters).
Blog Post by Guest Blogger for Asia Unbound Asia Unbound

January 6, 2015

United States
How To Get Egypt’s Generals Back On Our Side

This article was originally published here on ForeignPolicy.com on Monday, January 5, 2015. Almost as soon as the nasheed, a religious chant, begins, an improvised explosive device destroys a milita…

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Blog Post by Steven A. Cook From the Potomac to the Euphrates