So if you haven’t quite picked up on it yet, I consider myself on leave from this blog until early September — when I will have finished writing my new book. I hope to have some big announcements here after that as well.

At that point, I’m actually also going to change up what goes on here a little bit, perhaps with a little more emphasis on discussing writing (in all its forms) and somewhat less emphasis on making jokes about international relations. 

But speaking of that, I would be negligent if I didn’t mention that I have my first piece in NEWSWEEK today. It’s a little odd, but take a look.

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UPDATE (07/30): Memo to people of the internet — don’t take things so literally.