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December 10, 2013

United States
Kerry on Ukraine Crackdown: "Disgust"

Recently I criticized the President for silence on the events in Ukraine. Today the situation worsened, as the government in Kiev sent riot police to break up peaceful demonstrations. And tonight, Se…

Blog Post by Elliott Abrams Pressure Points

February 28, 2014

The World Next Week: Venezuela Marks the First Anniversary of Chavez’s Death, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu Visits Washington, and President Obama Releases His FY2015 Budget Plan

The World Next Week podcast is up. Bob McMahon and I discussed the first anniversary of Hugo Chavez’s death amid widespread protests in Venezuela, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to…

Demonstrators protest the Venezuelan government in San Cristobal, about 410 miles southwest of Caracas. (Carlos Garcia/Courtesy Reuters).
Blog Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge

October 3, 2012

Politics and Government
Georgia’s Election Brings New Hope for Democracy

More than two decades after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Republic of Georgia passed an important democratic milestone this week when the opposition party won the  parliamentary elections and…

Supporters of the opposition Georgian Dream coalition celebrate exit poll results in Tbilisi. (David Mdzinarishvili/ courtesy Reuters)
Blog Post by Guest Blogger for James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge

March 7, 2014

The World Next Week: Crimea Standoff Continues, Tibetans Commemorate Uprising Day, and the World Wide Web Turns Twenty-Five

The World Next Week podcast is up. Bob McMahon and I discussed Russia’s intervention in Crimea, Tibetan Uprising Day, and the World Wide Web’s twenty-fifth birthday. [audio: http://www.cfr.org/conte…

Pro-Russian demonstrators rally in the Crimean town of Yevpatoria. (Mark Levin/Courtesy Reuters)
Blog Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge

January 24, 2014

The World Next Week: Previewing Obama’s State of the Union Address

The World Next Week podcast is up. Bob McMahon and I discussed President Obama’s upcoming State of the Union address. [audio: http://www.cfr.org/content/publications/media/editorial/2014/20140123_TW…

U.S. president Barack Obama delivers his 2013 State of the Union speech on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Kevin Lamarque/Courtesy Reuters)
Blog Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge