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June 4, 2009

China
Change or more of the same?

Simon Johnson poses the core question facing the United States and China well: If [China] doubles [its] holdings of US dollar assets over the next couple of years (let’s say, going towards $4trn), e…

Blog Post by Brad W. Setser Follow the Money

September 12, 2022

Ethiopia
A Wounded Ethiopia

Once celebrated as a regional power broker, Ethiopia today is a ripe target for opportunists

Amhara Special Forces march with rifles during celebrations in the Lalibela town of the Amhara Region, Ethiopia.
Blog Post by Michelle Gavin Africa Program

November 10, 2020

United States
Happy 245th Birthday to the United States Marine Corps!

The U.S. Marine Corps turns 245 years-old today. On November 10, 1775, the Continental Congress adopted a resolution to create a Marine force composed of two battalions. Since then, the Marines have …

Marines
Blog Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge

June 10, 2022

Global
The World Next Week: What to Read and Listen to This Summer

The annual summer entertainment recommendations from The World Next Week podcast.

Three books next to each other on a light blue background. From left to right: Putin's People, by Catherine Belton; Say Nothing, by Patrick Radden Keefe; and The Four Ages of American Foreign Policy, by Michael Mandelbaum.
Blog Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge

November 28, 2012

Economics
U.S.-Mexico Relations Going Forward

Yesterday was the first of presumably many meetings between Mexico’s President-elect Enrique Peña Nieto and recently re-elected President Barack Obama in Washington, DC. In a few days Vice President …

Blog Post by Shannon K. O'Neil Latin America’s Moment