Tag: foreign policy
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An Ode to Military Spouses
One of my husband’s Soldiers caught me in the hallway. “Ma’am,” she said, “Can I ask you a question?” A little tired, I nodded. It had been a long day, after a long week, after a few long months of deployment. She looked at me with genuine curiosity and asked, “Is this hard? Is being…
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#05 Policy & Economics | Part 2
In this episode I continue the conversation with Dr. Andrew Compton about the relationship between policy and economics. This is part 2 of a 3 part episode. In this episode we answer listener questions including ‘Will the Ukraine Crisis affect the frequency the Fed raises interest rates in 2022?’ and ‘Are Biden’s policies to blame…
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Why Policy Matters: The Story of a Syrian Refugee
Dear Readers, This piece kicks off a mini-series about why policy matters, all from very real stories I have collected while traveling. My skin was warm from a day in the sun, my cheeks rosy from a strawberry mojito. The Portugal sun beat hot against caramel colored sand, revealing a perfectly smooth, turquoise seascape. Small…
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The Footage from Afghanistan: Scenes of Policy
We have all seen the picture. The one of the C-17 military aircraft loaded well past capacity with Afghans trying to escape the rapidly spreading reclamation of Taliban rule in Afghanistan. When we see the picture and the videos of the people fleeing in fear for their lives, each of us see’s something different. Some…
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Foreign Policy
Before we get started, it is important to recognize that foreign policy is both complicated and contentious. Our approach to foreign policy abroad is constantly evolving as relationships with other countries develop and global events change our necessary or chosen course of action. In order to adequately understand foreign policy, we would need volumes of…
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Policy Basics
Before we get started with discussing individual policies, it’s important we establish a working foundation of the basics of policy. In this article, I hope to break down policy to its core components. Policy is complicated at every level, even down to its basic definition – I know, because when I began this article I…
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I almost quit the blog. Here’s what happened instead.
Dear Readers, It was my hope to post this in January, utilizing the momentum of the new year. The reality of living abroad during a pandemic with a team that is located in several different time zones is that things sometimes run slow, and the renovation was actually a lot more work than we originally…