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January 17, 2020

Election 2020
Campaign Foreign Policy Roundup: The Seventh Democratic Debate

Each Friday, I look at what the presidential challengers are saying about foreign policy. This week: the Democrats debate in Des Moines, the New York Times interviews the candidates, and two new poll…

The top six Democratic presidential challengers take the stage at the January 14 debate in Des Moines, Iowa.
Blog Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge

December 1, 2010

Diplomacy and International Institutions
Foreign Aid Fallacies

The Program on International Policy Attitudes at the University of Maryland (PIPA) has just released the results of one of my favorite poll questions:  What percentage of the federal budget goes to…

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

January 10, 2013

Politics and Government
The World Next Week: Future U.S. Troop Levels in Afghanistan, Colombia and FARC Peace Talks, and the North American International Auto Show

The World Next Week podcast is up. Bob McMahon and I discussed the debate over future U.S. troop levels in Afghanistan, the resumption of peace talks between the Colombian government and the FARC reb…

U.S. president Barack Obama and Afghan president Hamid Karzai meet in Kabul in May 2012 (Kevin Lamarque/Courtesy Reuters).
Blog Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge

November 2, 2012

Defense and Security
What Was That Drone Doing in Benghazi?

Adam Entous, Siobhan Gorman, and Margaret Coker, “CIA Takes Heat for Role in Libya,” Wall Street Journal, November 2, 2012. At 5:41 p.m. Eastern time, Mrs. Clinton called Mr. Petraeus. She wanted to…

Benghazi attack 11-2-2012
Blog Post by Micah Zenko Politics, Power, and Preventive Action

May 1, 2012

Mexico
New York Symposium: U.S.-Mexico Relations Beyond the 2012 Elections

Session One: U.S.-Mexico Security CooperationThis panel will focus on the current security situation in Mexico, and will examine how the United States can best assist Mexico in combating shared secur…

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