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Over the last several decades, governments have collectively pledged to slow global warming. But despite intensified diplomacy, the world is already facing the consequences of climate…
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February 9, 2011
Politics and Government
TWE Remembers: Joseph McCarthy’s Wheeling Speech
Sixty-one years ago tonight Sen. Joseph McCarthy gave the speech to the Republican Women’s Club of Wheeling, West Virginia that ushered in the ugly era of McCarthyism. McCarthy was beginning his f…
January 5, 2017
Afghanistan
How Many Bombs Did the United States Drop in 2016?
This blog post was coauthored with my research associate, Jennifer Wilson. [Note: This post was updated to reflect an additional strike in Yemen in 2016, announced by U.S. Central Command on Janu…
April 24, 2017
Military Operations
How the Pentagon Announces Killing Terrorists Versus Civilians
This blog post was coauthored with my research associate, Jennifer Wilson. Last week, the U.S. military announced an accomplishment that has come to define progress in the war on terrorism—the de…
June 23, 2017
U.S. Foreign Policy
You Might Have Missed: Academic Journals VI
This is the sixth blog post in this series. The previous five were published in February, July, and October 2015, and January and May 2016, and highlight earlier academic findings. This post was coau…
March 5, 2024
United States
Ten Facts About the State of the Union Address
President Biden will deliver the annual State of the Union address on Thursday night. Here are ten things you might not know about the tradition of having a president deliver an annual address.
March 6, 2023
United States
Biden’s Progress on Women’s Rights: Good Start, But Not Fast Enough
More than two years into his presidency, Joseph Biden has achieved some of his gender equality goals, and fallen short on others.
