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November 11, 2022

United States
Was It Worth It?

Dan asks a question that everyone who has ever signed up for military service has likely asked: was it worth it? His answer is worth reading. 

Sens. Dole and Inouye
Blog Post by Dan Caldwell The Water's Edge

June 6, 2023

United States
Remembering the Fallen on D-Day

More than two thousand five hundred Americans died on D-Day seventy-nine years ago today.

A monument to an unknown American soldier as viewed on a shell-blasted shore of Normandy.
Blog Post by James M. Lindsay and Michelle Kurilla The Water's Edge

September 9, 2020

Namibia
Remembering Dirk Mudge, Pioneer of Multiracial Democracy in Namibia

Dirk Mudge, who died of COVID-19, certainly deserves recognition for his commitment to bringing democracy and majority rule to Namibia.

Small plastic flags of Namibia (a red stripe through blue and green corners, with a small yellow sun in the upper left blue corner) wave in a crowd.
Blog Post by Guest Blogger for John Campbell Africa in Transition

May 4, 2012

United States
You Might Have Missed: Drones, Preterm Births, and Robot Soldiers

AFP, “U.S.-Afghan Pact ‘Does Not Rule Out Drone Strikes,’” May 3, 2012. The pact between the United States and Afghanistan could leave the door open for continued drone strikes against insurgent tar…

Afghan bombing
Blog Post by Micah Zenko Politics, Power, and Preventive Action

October 6, 2020

Election 2020
TWE Remembers: Four Memorable Foreign Policy Moments in Vice-Presidential Debates

This blog post was written by Anna Shortridge, research associate for U.S. foreign policy at the Council on Foreign Relations. The vice-presidential debate is scheduled to be held tomorrow tonight…

Veep debate
Blog Post by Guest Blogger for The Water's Edge The Water's Edge