This Weeks Foreign Policy MustReads
A roundup of the most intelligent takes on global affairs this week, The Coming Yakuza WarThe Daily Beast, Only in Japan The "gangster company man.", Pablo Escobar Will Never Die  GQ , Some say you don't really die until the last time someone says your name. If so, Pablo Escobar will be with us for a long time to come. The Lessons of Anwar al-Awlaki  New York Times Magazine , Here's a question Does law enforcement tend to overestimate its ability to use surveillance to understand a person, his motivation, his capabilities, and his intent?, The Other France  New Yorker, There is nothing more dangerous for the internal stability of France and many other European countries than the isolation of its minority enclaves, the violence that isolation can inspire, and the rise of political parties who win votes by exploiting the resulting fear and anger. Why Russia is So Afraid of French CheeseThe Atlantic , Maybe NATO should load brie into warheads and rain "fromage fury" on Moscow.