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May 20, 2017
United States
Ten More Vietnam War Movies
Two years ago I posted my picks for the "Top Ten Vietnam War Movies." As I noted earlier this month, whenever you post a list you are inviting people to point out what you missed. Since today is the …
January 6, 2015
Cuba
Cuba: More Political Prisoners, But the New U.S. Policy Marches Onward
There are more Cuban political prisoners today than on the day President Obama announced his deal with the Castro brothers, December 17. Part of that deal was supposed to see 53 Cuban political pri…
October 11, 2019
Health
Lessons From Abroad on Electronic Cigarettes
Over three million U.S. teens reported e-cigarette use in 2018, nearly double the prior year. A mysterious lung disease associated with vaping killed has nineteen people and injured hundreds. Congres…
December 14, 2016
Defense and Security
The Politics of Proliferation: A Conversation with Matthew Fuhrmann
I spoke with Matthew Fuhrmann, associate professor of political science at Texas A&M University, visiting associate professor at Stanford University’s Center for International Security and Cooperatio…
July 19, 2013
Turkey
Weekend Reading: Egypt’s Economy, Turkey’s Foreign Ministry, and Greening the West Bank
Matt Phillips, writing for Quartz, provides some startling figures about Egypt’s economy following the ouster of former President Hosni Mubarak. Kadri Gursel examines the Islamization of Turkey’s fo…
