-- Here’s what war with North Korea would look like - Yochi Dreazen, Vox.com, Feb. 8, 2018 ( Read more... )

-- The Anarchists vs. the Islamic State - Seth Harp, Rolling Stone, Feb. 14, 2017 ( Read more... )

-- Can You Turn a Terrorist Back Into a Citizen? - Brendan I. Koerner, WIRED, Jan. 24, 2017 ( Read more... )

-- The Man Who Made Millions Off the Afghan War - Matthieu Aikins, The New Yorker, Mar. 7, 2016 ( Read more... )

-- Inside Baghdad's Brutal Battle Against ISIS - Matthieu Aikins, Rolling Stone, Mar. 16, 2015 ( Read more... )

-- The Limits of Talking About Privilege to Teenagers - Conor Friedersdorf, The Atlantic, Feb. 27, 2015

"Even if elite private schools could accurately identify the most qualified experts in racial sophistication-and even if those experts had a theory of race in America that accurately captured the realities of people decades their junior-I'd ( Read more... )

Black Market Shows Iran Can Adapt to Sanctions

Wait, is there supposed to be a punchline?

Two reports from The Guardian (.co.uk) on drug trends:

Illegal drug market turning into 'junk food'

Americans turn to cannabis to supplement their incomeCommon enough trends overall. I'm mean; this type of stuff (at least in the second article) is what's happening on a much larger scale in the drug economies of the world (namely Colombia and ( Read more... )

London's Farmer's Market. For arms dealers. Reminiscent of that scene in Lord of War where up-and-coming death merchant Yuri Orlov (played by Nicholas Cage) tries to finesse his new-age, sell-to-all way into an old-fashioned game governed by a bunch of aged Cold Warriors.

The Guardian (.co.uk) believes the U.S. is in denial regarding the War on ( Read more... )

BALKAN ROUND UP: Crime-fighting Edition

Alleged Crime Bosses Reportedly Snared By Police - Bosnia

Police crack illegal border-crossing operation - Macedonia

Miami-based CEO plead guilty in arms trafficking case - Albania