Daily Archives: August 25, 2016

Review of a #BookReview @ForeignAffairs at 188 #Dadaab via #Mogadishu “#CityofThorns: Nine Lives in the World’s Largest Refugee Camp”

Posted on August 25, 2016 by johnrubens

Africa–Dadaab, Kenya; Mogadishu, Somalia City of Thorns: Nine Lives in the World’s Largest Refugee Camp by Ben Rawlence. Picador, 2016 400pp. Foreign Affairs Review by Nicolas van de Walle, Sept/Oct 2016 at 188 Keep the pressure on the Clinton Foundation.  … Continue reading →

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#EndingEndlessWar [Article Review] @ForeignAffairs Sept/Oct 2016 Issue, Vol. 95, No. 5 at 36 by #AndrewJBacevich

Posted on August 25, 2016 by johnrubens

I enjoyed the article for its easy reading and general overview of American military posture since World War I.  I appreciated the tidbits like President Obama’s “Don’t do stupid stuff” doctrine at 38 and the author’s view the United States … Continue reading →

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