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July 10, 2020

Wars and Conflict
Five POW Movies Worth Watching

Each Friday this summer, we suggest foreign-policy-themed movies worth watching. This week: films about prisoners of war.

Movie posters clockwise from the top left: Unbroken/Amazon; The Bridge on the River Kwai/Golden Globes; The Deer Hunter/IMDB; The Great Escape/ABC; Stalag 17/History Net; Rescue Dawn/IMP Awards.
Blog Post by James M. Lindsay and Margaret Gach The Water's Edge

July 30, 2014

Austria
TWE Remembers: The Black Tom Explosion

The explosion at the Black Tom munitions depot in Jersey City, New Jersey at 2:08 a.m. on Sunday, July 30, 1916 was massive. It generated shockwaves equivalent to a 5.5 magnitude earthquake, blowing …

Black Tom Explosion
Blog Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge

December 14, 2022

China
Did China’s Street Protests End Harsh COVID Policies?

China's attempt to pivot away from zero COVID following widespread protests raises questions about citizen demands and government receptiveness. 

People hold white sheets of paper in protest of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions, after a vigil for the victims of a fire in Urumqi, as outbreaks of the coronavirus disease continue in Beijing, China, November 27, 2022.
Blog Post by Kathy Huang and Mengyu Han Asia Unbound

August 10, 2013

China
Friday Asia Update: Top Five Stories for the Week of August 9, 2013

Sharone Tobias and Will Piekos look at the top stories in Asia this week. 1. China fines milk formula companies. The Chinese government has fined six milk formula companies a total of $110 million f…

A child undergoes a medical check for possible kidney stones at a hospital in Shanghai on September 27, 2008 (Nir Elias/Courtesy Reuters)
Blog Post by Guest Blogger for Asia Unbound Asia Unbound

December 28, 2022

2022 in Review
Ten World Figures Who Died in 2022

Ten people who passed away this year who shaped world affairs for better or worse.  

Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh on her coronation day at Buckingham Palace in 1953.
Blog Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge