Recommended movies for Hillary Clinton

As you may know, last week two FP bloggers, Stephen Walt and Daniel Drezner created lists of their recommended international relations-themed movies. Then yesterday, over at FP‘s sister publication Slate, writer Fred Kaplan respectfully disagreed with Walt’s and Drezner’s choices and listed some of his own picks in an article, "Hillary Clinton, Watch These Movies!" Given ...

As you may know, last week two FP bloggers, Stephen Walt and Daniel Drezner created lists of their recommended international relations-themed movies. Then yesterday, over at FP's sister publication Slate, writer Fred Kaplan respectfully disagreed with Walt's and Drezner's choices and listed some of his own picks in an article, "Hillary Clinton, Watch These Movies!"

As you may know, last week two FP bloggers, Stephen Walt and Daniel Drezner created lists of their recommended international relations-themed movies. Then yesterday, over at FP‘s sister publication Slate, writer Fred Kaplan respectfully disagreed with Walt’s and Drezner’s choices and listed some of his own picks in an article, "Hillary Clinton, Watch These Movies!"

Given her packed schedule, Secretary Clinton probably doesn’t get much time to watch movies, but perhaps during those times when she’s sidelined by allergies, she might be interested in popping one of the recommended movies into a DVD player.

Preeti Aroon was copy chief at Foreign Policy from 2009 to 2016 and was an FP assistant editor from 2007 to 2009. Twitter: @pjaroonFP

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