Your Daily Dirty Bomb
It’s a day ending in y, so it’s a good day to hype dirty bombs.
But first, let’s look at some facts. Read More
Month: February 2016
Leap Day Links
We haven’t heard much from Vladimir Putin lately, so it’s time to do some Russia links.
Russian public opinion is becoming less approving of Putin and his wars abroad. Partly this is due to financial pressures at home, which are becoming worse as the price of oil remains low and sanctions remain in place. Corruption is also a problem. There have been some strikes protesting lower wages. (Photo: Police officers detaining a protester near the Central Bank headquarters, Moscow, February 8, 2016) Read More
Sunday Comics
Oguz Gurel
The Persistence of Memes
The argument about red lines in Syria has broken out again and is all over my Twitter feed as I write this. Even after information has come out that changes that argument radically. Read More
Sunday Comics
Long Reads For The Weekend
An interview with Donald Tusk, the Polish president of the European Council. Quite a contrast to what is going on inside Poland right now. A real statesman at a difficult time for Europe. Photo: European Council President Donald Tusk (right) leaving the Elysee Palace following a meeting with French President Francois Hollande (left), Paris, November 23, 2015. Read More
OMG – EMP!
The Republican candidates keep talking about the threat to the United States from an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) that would destroy all our electronics. This has been a rightwing talking point forever. I can’t figure out why it is so attractive to them, when it does not pass a basic criterion of common sense. Read More
Links – February17, 2016
This is the most important piece you can read today. Max Fisher tells the whole story of how the United States decided to invade Iraq in 2003 and how too many of the ideas behind that invasion still drive our foreign policy. And this is precisely why it is important: we must change that way of thinking. Read More
A Scientist’s View of Realism
Stephen Walt recently complained that there are not enough op-eds from foreign policy realists, and Daniel Drezner replied with two op-eds on realism, one suggesting that realists own Donald Trump as their US presidential candidate. That would give them subject matter for op-eds. Read More
Sunday Comics
Tom Toles
Nuclear Diner 