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December 1, 2021

United States
Ten Anniversaries to Note in 2022

As 2021 comes to a close, here are ten notable historical anniversaries to mark in 2022.

Nixon Mao
Blog Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge

July 30, 2020

United States
TWE Remembers: Vice Presidents on Being Vice President

Former Vice President and presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden says he will announce his choice for his vice presidential nominee next week. That has spurred one last burst in the qu…

VP seal
Blog Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge

January 17, 2023

Nigeria
Obi Goes for Broke

Whether he wins the presidency or not, Peter Obi has already changed the course of Nigerian politics for good.

A crowd of supporters hold up a poster that reads "A Competent President Needs An Effective Senate" and "Vote OBI."
Blog Post by Ebenezer Obadare Africa in Transition

March 23, 2021

Asia
How Should the United States Compete With China’s Belt and Road Initiative?

As the United States embarks on an era of great power competition with China, it is incumbent on U.S. policymakers to better understand BRI and the strategic and political implications of the initiat…

A container ship is pictured docked at the Colombo South Harbor, funded by China, in Sri Lanka on June 25, 2016.
Blog Post by Jennifer Hillman and David Sacks Asia Unbound

March 17, 2022

Foreign Policy
Outdated Cold War Analogies Could Lead the West Astray

The applicability of the Truman Doctrine to the West's present confrontation with Russia is constrained by the realities of a different time, seventy-five years ago.

U.S. President Harry S. Truman, standing at podium, addresses a joint session of Congress in the House Chamber in Washington, D.C., March 12, 1947 (AP Photo).
Blog Post by Stewart M. Patrick The Internationalist