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June 10, 2013

TWE Remembers: The Korean Expedition of 1871 and the Battle of Ganghwa (Shinmiyangyo)

Sometimes good relationships get off to a bad start. The United States and South Korea are a case in point. Today, Seoul is a valued American ally. Just last month, South Korean president Park Geun-h…

Council of war on board the U.S.S. Colorado in Korea in June 1871 (Courtesy National Archives and Records Administration).
Blog Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge

November 15, 2012

Regional Organizations
ASEAN’s Future—and Asia’s

It’s telling that President Obama’s first foreign trip after winning reelection takes him to Asia, the historical hinge of the twenty-first century. The president will visit three Southeast Asian nat…

U.S. Secretary of State Clinton poses with ASEAN leaders during a meeting in Jakarta
Blog Post by Stewart M. Patrick The Internationalist

July 17, 2012

Asia
ASEAN’s Failures on the South China Sea

In the wake of the disastrous break-up of last week’s ASEAN foreign ministers meeting in Phnom Penh, at which ASEAN failed to agree to any statement summarizing their position on the South China Sea,…

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Blog Post by Joshua Kurlantzick Asia Unbound

April 25, 2011

Budget, Debt, and Deficits
Retirees Are America’s Same Old Problem

In a major speech on April 13th laying out his blueprint for reducing America’s long-term debt burden, President Obama drew a sharp contrast between the outlook today and the much rosier one a deca…

Retirees Are America’s Same Old Problem
Blog Post by Benn Steil and Dinah Walker Geo-Graphics

January 4, 2011

Dangers and Ditches

Young returnees from north Sudan smile in Aweil. (Goran Tomasevic/courtesy Reuters) CFR’s Center for Preventive Action (CPA) recently asked a wide range of government officials, academics, and think…

Young returnees from north Sudan smile in Aweil
Blog Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge