When the world's at stake,
go beyond the headlines.

This week on Bombshell, Rebecca Lissner of Penn’s Perry World House guest hosts with Radha and Loren to discuss the handshake heard round the world at the DMZ.  The Iran Deal is on the rocks yet again, despite the entreaties of a very affectionate President Macron of France and #squadgoals eye rolls of Chancellor Merkel.  The White House has some personnel wins (Pompeo’s confirmation), losses (Dr. Ronny Jackson’s trash fire of a VA nomination) and draws (Gina Haspel’s confirmation delay).  And the ladies of Bombshell are steadfastly the only people on the planet talking Tina Brown and chick-lit vs. Infinity War.

• Diana C. Mutz and Eunji Kim, “The Impact of In-Group Favoritism on Trade Preferences,” International Organization
• Jeremy Page, “North Korea’s Nuclear Test Site Is Largely Unusable, Chinese Scientists Say,” Wall Street Journal
• Anna Fifield, “Talk of peace with North Korea has the South wondering: Will this time be different?” Washington Post
• Richard Nephew, “Trump’s Middle Ground on Iran Deal Sanctions Waivers Is a Myth,” Foreign Policy
• Carol Morello, “Pompeo says Kim Jong Un doesn’t care if U.S. leaves Iran deal,” Washington Post
• Yasmeen Serhan, “Exit Macron, Enter Merkel,” Atlantic
• Editorial Board, “Macron and Merkel have handed Trump a road map,” Washington Post
• Atul Aneja, “China and India are both important foreign engines for global growth: Xi,” Hindu
• Amber Phillips, “The issues surrounding Ronny Jackson’s nomination for VA, explained,” Washington Post
• Joe Gould, “Top 3 takeaways from Mattis on Capitol Hill,” Defense News
• Corey Dickstein, “Mattis defends new transgender policy, drawing senator’s ire,” Stars and Stripes