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November 24, 2023

United States
Election 2024: Election 2024 Will Decide Who Controls Congress

Every Friday, I look at what the presidential contenders are saying about foreign policy. This week: The 2024 election will decide whether the next president will face a friendly or a hostile Congres…

Capitol Building Blog Photo II
Blog Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge

April 8, 2013

Politics and Government
Turkey’s Political Football

When you travel in the Middle East you are bound to have multiple “Holy Moly!” moments.  My wife and I had one of those last Thursday.  Yet we weren’t touring the Temple of Karnak in Luxor, gazing up…

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

November 10, 2019

United States
Happy 244th Birthday to the United States Marine Corps!

The U.S. Marine Corps turns 244 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 …

U.S. Marine Corps
Blog Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge

July 16, 2021

Wars and Conflict
Five Movies Worth Watching About Love and War

Every summer Friday, we suggest foreign-policy-themed movies worth watching. This week: films about romance amid conflict.

Three movie posters in black frames. From left: Casablanca (black and white, a man and a woman look at each other); A Farewell to Arms (a man and woman look worriedly off to the side); The English Patient (a man and woman look off to the side, a desert and airplane behind them).
Blog Post by James M. Lindsay and Margaret Gach The Water's Edge

June 14, 2020

United States
Happy Birthday to the U.S. Army!

The United States Army celebrates its 245th birthday today. If you see an active duty, former, or retired member of the United States Army today, wish their service Happy Birthday. The Army provid…

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