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January 5, 2011
Politics and Government
John Boehner’s Big Day
House Republican Leader Boehner during a press conference in Washington, DC, on November 18, 2010. (Yuri Gripas/Courtesy Reuters) John Boehner becomes the sixty-first Speaker of the House today, an…
January 25, 2012
International Organizations
Dispelling Myths About Foreign Aid
Unsurprisingly, foreign aid has once again become a political football in this year’s primary season. Today’s GOP presidential candidates regularly bash it, echoing “Mr. Republican” Robert Taft—who d…
June 3, 2008
United States
New CFR Book Examines U.S. Foreign Policy Between the Cold War and the War on Terror
When the Berlin Wall collapsed on November 9, 1989—signaling the end of the Cold War—America and the West declared victory: democracy and free markets had prevailed and the United States emerged as t…
November 23, 2011
Elections and Voting
Campaign 2012 Roundup: Reviewing the GOP Foreign Policy Debate
Republican presidential candidates wave after their introductions at the start of the CNN GOP National Security debate in Washington, DC, on November 22, 2011 (Jim Bourg/courtesy Reuters) Last night…
December 9, 2010
Politics and Government
TWE Quick Takes
Cold weather and high winds yesterday along the New York-Washington corridor played havoc with my travel schedule. One benefit of the travel delay was that I caught up on some reading. Three piec…
