The balance of trade in transatlantic romances
Back from Milan and I’m juuuuuuuuuuuust a wee bit tired. However, even in my sleep-deprived state I must confess to the strangest symmetry in who I sat next to on my flights to and from Milan. On my way there, I sat next to a lovely Italian women who was on the return leg from ...
Back from Milan and I'm juuuuuuuuuuuust a wee bit tired. However, even in my sleep-deprived state I must confess to the strangest symmetry in who I sat next to on my flights to and from Milan. On my way there, I sat next to a lovely Italian women who was on the return leg from visiting her American boyfriend -- who was in the American military. On my way back, I sat next to a lovely American woman who was on the return leg from visiting her Italian boyfriend -- who was in the Italian Air Force. There's no larger moral here -- it's just a bunch of stuff that happened. But that's some pretty symmetrical stuff.
Back from Milan and I’m juuuuuuuuuuuust a wee bit tired. However, even in my sleep-deprived state I must confess to the strangest symmetry in who I sat next to on my flights to and from Milan. On my way there, I sat next to a lovely Italian women who was on the return leg from visiting her American boyfriend — who was in the American military. On my way back, I sat next to a lovely American woman who was on the return leg from visiting her Italian boyfriend — who was in the Italian Air Force. There’s no larger moral here — it’s just a bunch of stuff that happened. But that’s some pretty symmetrical stuff.
Daniel W. Drezner is a professor of international politics at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and co-host of the Space the Nation podcast. Twitter: @dandrezner
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