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August 11, 2011

Diplomacy and International Institutions
Guest Post: New Space-Faring Nations and U.S. Space Policy

Russian cosmonaut Sergei Volkov works outside the International Space Station during their spacewalk. (NASA TV/ Courtesy Reuters) My colleagues at CFR’s International Institutions and Global Gover…

Guest Post: New Space-Faring Nations and U.S. Space Policy
Blog Post by Stewart M. Patrick The Internationalist

December 19, 2011

Guest Post: Anya Schmemann on Russia’s Protests

People attend a sanctioned rally on a bridge near Bolotnaya square to protest violations at the parliamentary elections in Moscow on December 10, 2011. (Sergei Karpukhin/courtesy Reuters) When Vladi…

People attend a sanctioned rally on a bridge near Bolotnaya square to protest against violations at the parliamentary elections in Moscow December 10, 2011. Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets of cities across Russia on Saturday to demand an end to Vladimir Putin’s rule and complain about alleged election fraud in the biggest show of defiance since he took power more than a decade ago. The banner reads
Blog Post The Water's Edge

January 24, 2013

Defense and Security
The World Next Week: Confirmation Hearings Begin for Obama’s Cabinet Nominees, Biden Visits Europe, and the WTO Searches for Its Next Director-General

The World Next Week podcast is up. Bob McMahon and I discussed the confirmation hearings for President Obama’s cabinet nominees, Vice President Joe Biden’s visit to Europe, and the World Trade Organi…

U.S. Senator John Kerry (D-MA) testifies at the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on his nomination to be secretary of state (Gary Cameron/Courtesy Reuters).
Blog Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge

May 30, 2013

The World Next Week: The Senate Debates Immigration, Cubans Get the Internet, and the Shangri-la Security Summit Begins

The World Next Week podcast is up. Bob McMahon and I discussed the Senate immigration bill, Cuba’s new Internet policies, and the Asia Security Summit. [audio: http://www.cfr.org/content/publication…

The U.S. Senate's "gang of eight" briefs the press on immigration reform on Capitol Hill in Washington (Jason Reed/Courtesy Reuters).
Blog Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge

April 18, 2012

Politics and Government
Do Americans Prefer Romney’s Foreign Policy to Obama’s?

I’ve spent most of my time the past two weeks discharging my administrative responsibilities rather than following the news. With the stack of papers piled in my inbox now looking to be just daunting…

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