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March 29, 2011

Defense and Security
TWE Quick Takes: Obama’s Speech on Libya Settles Little

President Barack Obama speaks about the conflict in Libya during an address at the National Defense University on March 28, 2011. (Jim Young/courtesy Reuters) I have a new post up over at CNN.com’s …

President Barack Obama speaks about the conflict in Libya during an address at the National Defense University on March 28, 2011.

March 8, 2017

Japan
Japan: Women of Influence

Today we celebrate International Women’s Day. This comes five days after Japan’s Hinamatsuri, or Girls’ Day, the day in which the nation celebrates the bright future of its young daughters. On this s…

June 27, 2014

Austria
TWE Remembers: The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

A loving couple. An heir to the throne. A wife shunned by her husband’s family. Two countries bitterly at odds. A shadowy secret organization. Security officials indifferent to their responsibilities…

Archduke

March 30, 2013

Asia
Is Democracy in Reverse?

In today’s Los Angeles Times, longtime foreign correspondent Carol Williams poses a wide-ranging series of questions about my new book Democracy in Retreat. You can see the whole interview here.

An anti-government protester sits in front of riot police near the Government house in Bangkok on November 24, 2012.

July 17, 2020

Wars and Conflict
Five Foreign-Policy Comedies Worth Watching

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

Movie posters clockwise from the top left: To Be or Not to Be/Rotten Tomatoes; Ninotchka/IMDB; Good Morning, Vietnam/Amazon; Stripes/TV Guide; Three Kings/Rotten Tomatoes; The Death of Stalin/Amazon.