Stranger Than Fiction

Erin, Radha and Loren reunite with author and general badass Nada Bakos to talk about her new book, The Targeter. Foreign relations are pretty lit these days: possible Russian funding of far-right politics in Italy, tiny steps of progress in Afghan govt-Taliban negotiations, and an unexpected political agreement in post-coup Sudan.  The music hasn’t stopped in the latest round of DOD musical chairs and the UK ambassador to the US was defenestrated by tweet. All in all stranger than fiction - so do read more fiction! Links Sudan Nadine Awadalla, Eltayeb Siddig, and Khalid Abdelaziz, "," Reuters, July 13, 2019 Richmond Danso, "" Washington Post, July 13, 2019 Italy/Russia Silvia Sciorilli Borrelli, "," Politico, July 11, 2019 Iran Tanker David D. Kirkpatrick, "," New York Times, July 13, 2019 Erin Cunningham, "," Washington Post, July 14, 2019 Afghanistan David Zucchino and Farooq Jan Mangal, "," New York Times, July 9, 2019