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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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October 28, 2012
Defense and Security
TWE Remembers: JFK and Khrushchev Agree to a Deal (Cuban Missile Crisis, Day Thirteen)
Sunday, October 28, 1962 was a beautiful fall day in Washington, DC. After a cold start, the mercury hit 71 degrees, six degrees above normal. The sun shone brightly, and the breeze was mild. The wea…
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.
November 4, 2014
United States
Ten Cold War Memoirs Worth Reading
Yesterday, I posted a list of great histories of the Cold War. Those books provide an excellent analysis of the U.S.-Soviet superpower rivalry. Their great strength is their detachment—they are acade…
December 9, 2011
You Might Have Missed: Drone Surveillance and Technology, and U-2 Wreckage
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev examines the wreckage of the downed U.S. U-2 spy plane in 1960. - Gregory W. Pedlow and Donald E. Welzenbach, “The CIA and U-2 Program, 1954-1974” (PDF), Central Int…
August 3, 2015
China
Economics of Influence: China and India in South Asia
A surge in Chinese economic and diplomatic involvement in South Asia poses a serious rival for Indian influence in its neighborhood, and could finally unlock the region’s potential, write Ashlyn Ande…