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December 20, 2010

Politics and Government
Killer Amendments Die

The New START Treaty made it through the weekend intact. Opponents offered two so-called killer amendments, and both failed to get fifty-one votes. (A treaty needs sixty-seven votes to pass the Se…

Killer Amendments Die

June 6, 2013

The World Next Week: Presidents Obama and Xi Meet at Sunnylands, Peruvian President Humala Visits the White House, and Secretary Hagel Testifies Before the House Budget Committee

The World Next Week podcast is up. Bob McMahon and I discussed Chinese president Xi Jinping’s meeting with President Obama in California, Peruvian president Ollanta Humala’s trip to Washington, and D…

Barack Obama prepares to shake hands with Xi Jinping in the Oval Office (Jason Reed/Courtesy Reuters).

December 26, 2013

Defense and Security
Ten Americans Who Died in 2013 Who Shaped U.S. Foreign Policy

As 2013 comes to a close, here are ten influential U.S. foreign policy figures who passed away this year. 

American flags fly at half mast. (Jonathan Ernst/Courtesy Reuters)

October 18, 2007

Energy and Climate Policy
Global Oil Trends

Political volatility among the world’s leading oil producers suggests deeper causes for recent price spikes.

March 3, 2016

Trade
Digital Protectionism? Or Label the U.S. Government Uses to Criticize Policy It Doesn’t Like?

Susan Ariel Aaronson is Research professor of International Affairs at George Washington University, and GWU Cross-Disciplinary Fellow and the Carvalho Fellow at the Government Accountability Project…

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