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February 23, 2005

United States
Monty Python takes on Asian reserve accumulation

This is too good for me not to link to it.Billmon has reduced the Roubini-Setser critique of Bretton Woods 2 down to its essential elements.The Lex column in the Financial Times covers similar ground…

December 31, 2010

United States
TWE Remembers: George C. Marshall

When I taught “American Foreign Policy” (30:061) at the University of Iowa (Go Hawkeyes!) students would occasionally ask me which American policymaker I most admired.  I never knew whether the quest…

george-c-marshall-photo

April 9, 2012

Turkey
Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, Meet General Kenan Evren

Last Wednesday was a big day in Turkey. General Kenan Evren, the leader of the September 12, 1980 coup d’etat, was charged in an Ankara courtroom with “acts against the forces of the state” during th…

Evren-Tantawi

February 2, 2024

Political History and Theory
The President’s Inbox Recap: Henry Wallace and the Origins of the Cold War

The post-World War II era would have looked very different had Henry Wallace become president.

Henry Wallace as viewed sitting at a desk holding a stack of papers.

December 20, 2023

United States
Happy 4th Birthday to the U.S. Space Force!

The newest branch of the U.S. military marks its fourth year of service. 

Space Force

March 3, 2023

Cybersecurity
Cyber Week in Review: March 3, 2023

Biden administration releases cyber strategy; Chinese government issues new digital plan; ransomware attack hits U.S. Marshals Service; U.S. and allies host semiconductor meeting; Australia establish…

Chinese leaders and delegates attend the closing session of the National People's Congress sit facing the stage, with the camera oriented behind them.