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November 10, 2020

United States
Happy 245th Birthday to the United States Marine Corps!

The U.S. Marine Corps turns 245 years-old today. On November 10, 1775, the Continental Congress adopted a resolution to create a Marine force composed of two battalions. Since then, the Marines have …

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

March 4, 2021

Global
The President's Inbox Episodes by Topic

A comprehensive list of each episode of The President's Inbox organized by topic. 

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

December 15, 2020

Elections and Voting
The 2020 Election by the Numbers

It’s almost over. Yesterday Electoral College electors convened virtually or in person in state capitals across the country to cast their votes. The result was what everyone expected, the election of…

An elector looks at his signed ballot for Joe Biden.
Blog Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge

September 1, 2017

Iraq
Weekend Reading: Depleted Uranium, Religion and Culture in Egypt, and What Was Left in June 1967

Reading selections for the weekend of September 1, 2017.

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

July 31, 2020

Media
Five Foreign-Policy Movies Worth Watching About Journalists

Each Friday this summer, we suggest foreign-policy-themed movies worth watching. This week: films that feature journalists.

Movie posters clockwise from top left: Foreign Correspondent/Amazon; Salvador/IMDB; Reds/Roger Ebert; The Killing Fields/Amazon; The Post/20th Century Studios; The Year of Living Dangerously/Amazon.
Blog Post by James M. Lindsay and Margaret Gach The Water's Edge

February 13, 2007

United States
The 2006 trade data

It seems to me that there are at least three big stories in the US trade data, maybe four or five ...The first is that US exports grew quite strongly in 2006.  And goods exports outperformed services…

Blog Post by Brad W. Setser Follow the Money