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The Interview -- Ugh
Jane beat me to it ... This is a really bad movie. The only thing worse than watching a bad movie out of a sense of patriotic obligation is doing so with the intent of writing a scathing review, only t... -
From Fake to Real Importance: Another Review of “The Interview”
This morning the Associated Press reported that South Korea, Japan and the United States will be signing their first three-way intelligence-sharing pact as part of an effort to address the growing North ... -
Cliff Sloan Stepping Down as State Department GTMO Envoy
The New York Times reports: WASHINGTON — The State Department envoy who negotiates detainee transfers from the military prison at -
Extradition, Chesimard, and U.S.-Cuba Relations
Following President Obama’s announcement that the US would begin normalizing relations with Cuba, questions immediately arose on the possible extradition of Joanne Deborah Chesimard, also known as Assata... -
On Sovereignty, Antarctica, Talmud and the Status of Jerusalem
It is always fascinating to watch someone see Jerusalem for the first time. Yesterday, I took a long walk through the Old City with an archeologist and the wonderful group of scholars that Academic Excha... -
USG Seems Befuddled About How to Respond to Sony Hack
David Sanger, Nicole Perlroth, and Eric Schmitt have a must-read NYT story on USG thinking about a response to the Sony hack, allegedly carried by the North Korean government. The story is jaw-dropping ... -
The Sony Hack: Attribution Problems, and the Connection to Domestic Surveillance
The FBI said today of the Sony hack: As a result of our investigation, . . . the FBI now has enough information to conclude that the North Korean government is responsible for these actions. -
The Sony Hack: Will the United States Take Countermeasures Against North Korea?
Now that the United States has concluded that North Korea was responsible for the hack into Sony’s computers, it has begun to make noises about responding to that hack in some way. -
On the Sony Hack
I've written two essays on the Sony hack, one for the Wall Street Journal, and the other for Vice Motherboard. The former opens: Earlier this month, a mysterious group that calls itself Guardians of Pea... -
A Coffee Shop on the Israeli-Al Qaeda Border
The last time I was on the Israeli-Syrian border looking at the ruined Syrian city of Quneitra was thirty years ago. I was fifteen and taking a summer course in Israel. And an Israeli soldier manning a b... -
The Foreign Policy Essay: Mosul on the Mediterranean? The Islamic State in Libya and U.S. Counterterrorism Dilemmas
Editor’s Note: After the United States helped overthrow Muammar Qaddafi in 2011, Libya was put on the back burner of U.S. policy even as its problems mounted. Moments of horrific anti-U.S. violence, like... -
The Heroism of Effective Logistics: A Dispatch from Kerem Shalom
We witnessed a moving scene today---if the loading and unloading of trucks amid looming concrete security barriers can ever really be moving: A major joint Palestinian-Israeli operation to route goods in...
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