Congratulations to Sir Hew Strachan
The Oxford historian and strategist was knighted the other day. But of course you expected that after Foreign Policy listed him recently as one of the 100 most influential global thinkers. I just don’t understand why Sir Mix-a-Lot was honored first.
The Oxford historian and strategist was knighted the other day. But of course you expected that after Foreign Policy listed him recently as one of the 100 most influential global thinkers.
The Oxford historian and strategist was knighted the other day. But of course you expected that after Foreign Policy listed him recently as one of the 100 most influential global thinkers.
I just don’t understand why Sir Mix-a-Lot was honored first.
Thomas E. Ricks is a former contributing editor to Foreign Policy. Twitter: @tomricks1
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