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October 24, 2019

Election 2020
Meet Mark Sanford, Republican Presidential Candidate

Update: Mark Sanford announced on November 12, 2019, that he was ending the campaign.  Donald Trump’s approval rating among Republican voters hovers around 90 percent. Numbers that high normally m…

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

December 7, 2023

Technology and Innovation
The AI Assault on Women: What Iran’s Tech Enabled Morality Laws Indicate for Women’s Rights Movements

Iran and other countries in the Middle East are increasingly using artificial intelligence as a tool to crackdown on women's rights. International AI standards need to address the impacts of technolo…

People take part in a protest against the Islamic regime of Iran following the death of Mahsa Amini, in Istanbul, Turkey.
Blog Post by Rachel George Net Politics

May 27, 2022

United States
Remembering Those Whom Memorial Day Honors

The stories of six Americans who were awarded the Medal of Honor for making the ultimate sacrifice.

A soldier of the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment places flags on headstones in Arlington National Cemetery ahead of Memorial Day on May 26, 2022
Blog Post by James M. Lindsay and Margaret Gach The Water's Edge

June 19, 2020

United States
Five Foreign-Policy Satires Worth Watching

Each Friday this summer, we suggest foreign-policy-themed movies worth watching. This week: classic satires.

The movie posters from The Great Dictator (yellow with Charlie Chaplin over a globe), Dr. Strangelove (black and white actor smoking a cigarette), In the Loop (two silhouettes, one with U.S. flag the other with the UK flag), MASH (a hand with the peace sign and an army helmet on the finger), Catch-22 (a man walks away from a plane wreckage in the desert), and Wag the Dog (a tape recorder with the presidential seal) arranged in one picture.
Blog Post by James M. Lindsay and Margaret Gach The Water's Edge

October 11, 2019

Election 2020
Campaign Foreign Policy Roundup: Syrian Kurds, the NBA, and LGBTQ Rights

Each Friday, I look at what the presidential challengers are saying about foreign policy on the campaign trail.

People flee Turkish air strikes in Ras al Ain along the northern Syrian border.
Blog Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge