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May 3, 2013

China
Friday Asia Update: Top Five Stories for the Week of May 3, 2013

Sharone Tobias and Will Piekos look at the top five stories in Asia this week. 1. Shanghai diners fed rat, mink, and fox instead of lamb. Despite many jokes that restaurants in China replace expensi…

A traditional Chinese tourist junk sails past Rubber Duck by Dutch conceptual artist Florentijn Hofman at Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour on May 2, 2013. (Bobby Yip/Courtesy Reuters)
Blog Post by Guest Blogger for Asia Unbound Asia Unbound

February 7, 2012

Trade
Morning Brief: Obama Likely to Sign FAA Funding Bill

President Obama is expected to sign legislation that will support federal aviation programs (NYT) through 2015, ending five years of stopgap financing. The bill includes about $16 billion a year for …

Blog Post by Jonathan Masters Renewing America

August 7, 2020

Nuclear Weapons
Five Movies Worth Watching About the Threat of Nuclear War

Each Friday this summer, we suggest foreign-policy-themed movies worth watching. This week: films examining the risks of nuclear weapons.

Movie posters clockwise from the top left: Thirteen Days/Rotten Tomatoes; Crimson Tide/Amazon; Fail Safe/IMDB; Colossus: The Forbin Project/TMDB; On the Beach/CineMaterial; WarGames/Amazon; Miracle Mile/YouTube.
Blog Post by James M. Lindsay and Margaret Gach The Water's Edge

September 8, 2021

United States
Seven Movies Worth Watching About 9/11

With the twentieth anniversary of the September 11, 2001, attacks this Saturday, we recommend sources for better understanding 9/11 and its aftermath. Today: seven movies about 9/11.

Movies
Blog Post by James M. Lindsay and Anna Shortridge The Water's Edge

February 28, 2012

Defense and Security
Lessons Learned: The Articles of Confederation

   

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