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October 17, 2013

Regional Organizations
Start Spreading the News: Can Cities Govern the World?

Benjamin Barber doesn’t just love cities. He’s convinced they hold the secret to effective, democratic global governance. As nation-states and international institutions flail in addressing transnati…

Mayors pose for picture during the Rio+C40 Megacity Mayors Taking Action on Climate Change in Rio de Janeiro
Blog Post by Stewart M. Patrick The Internationalist

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

September 4, 2014

China
Notable Quotables From THE BATTLE OF BRETTON WOODS

 

Notable Quotables From THE BATTLE OF BRETTON WOODS
Blog Post by Benn Steil Geo-Graphics

March 3, 2009

Europe and Eurasia
Eastern European Woes

Many Eastern European countries have a strong need for external financing. Negative current accounts and dangerously high levels of short-term debt are raising fears of financial instability. EU le…

Eastern European Woes
Blog Post by Benn Steil and Dinah Walker Geo-Graphics

August 8, 2014

Iraq
Weekend Reading: Destroying Religious Shrines, the Yazidis, and Humans of Kurdistan (as well as New York)

Mohamad Ballan explores the Islamic State’s destruction of religious shrines in historical context. Matthew Barber reports on recent IS advances against Iraqi Kurds and the plight of the Yazidi mino…

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Blog Post by Steven A. Cook From the Potomac to the Euphrates