Subject: Editors' Picks: Erdogan's Gulenist turncoat; and Washington's Cuba fantasy
From: "Foreign Policy" <[email-masked]>
To: <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2014 17:50:44 -0500 (EST)

FOREIGN POLICY'S TOP 5 READS
Friday, December 19

---------------------------------

#1 
THE CUBA FALLACY: Believing that friendly U.S.-Cuba relations can remake the regime in Havana is the worst kind of American exceptionalist fantasy, writes FP’s Gordon Adams: <a href='http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c723im5.41kk/VJSlIcPocp9-P18aA8b8a target='_blank' style='font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:#ea1414;text-decoration:none;font-size:15px;line-height:21px;'>Read more</a>:
<http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c723im5.41kk/VJSlIcPocp9-P18VAff3c>

#2
THE SONY AND THE FURY: After the FBI formally accused North Korea of carrying out a devastating cyberattack against Sony, Obama bashed the company for pulling its satirical movie: <a href='http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c723im5.41kk/VJSlIcPocp9-P18bAa86c target='_blank' style='font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:#ea1414;text-decoration:none;font-size:15px;line-height:21px;'>Read more</a>:
<http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c723im5.41kk/VJSlIcPocp9-P18WA3b96>

#3
Kenya's HOLLOW FRONT: Instead of combating the rise in violence from al-Shabab, politicians in Nairobi are just talking loudly and saying nothing: <a href='http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c723im5.41kk/VJSlIcPocp9-P18cA3ddd target='_blank' style='font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:#ea1414;text-decoration:none;font-size:15px;line-height:21px;'>Read more</a>: 
<http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c723im5.41kk/VJSlIcPocp9-P18XA133a>

#4
THE DEFECTOR: Turkey’s prime minister is hunting down his Gulenist opponents in the media. One high-profile turncoat may be his secret weapon: <a href='http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c723im5.41kk/VJSlIcPocp9-P18dAc528 target='_blank' style='font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:#ea1414;text-decoration:none;font-size:15px;line-height:21px;'>Read more</a>:
<http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c723im5.41kk/VJSlIcPocp9-P18YA6d6d>

#5
GEARING UP FOR GITMO: Havana will be pushing hard to shut the naval station at Guantanamo Bay -- but Washington shouldn’t give in, writes FP’s James Stavridis: <a href='http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c723im5.41kk/VJSlIcPocp9-P18eAa30c target='_blank' style='font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:#ea1414;text-decoration:none;font-size:15px;line-height:21px;'>Read more</a>:
<http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c723im5.41kk/VJSlIcPocp9-P18ZAd1df>

---------------------------------

BOOKERS & PRODUCERS
Contact Jess Dillman ([email-masked]) by replying to this email with requests relating to today's Top 5 reads. 

FOLLOW FOREIGN POLICY
Twitter  <http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c723im5.41kk/Ux9wsOYQMs336rc3B735f>
Facebook  <http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c723im5.41kk/UvbBu8JSq6XcXZoHBbc30>

WANT A FRIEND TO RECEIVE THIS?
Click here to forward it to them:
<http://link.foreignpolicy.com/forward/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c723im5.41kk/d55cf9da>

Jess Dillman 
Vice President of Communications 
O. 202-728-7341 
M. 703-577-0567 
[email-masked]

---------------------------------

This email was sent to [email-masked] by [email-masked]

UNSUBSCRIBE <http://link.foreignpolicy.com/oc/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c723im5.41kk/6b6b5098>
PRIVACY POLICY <http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c723im5.41kk/UtSAvMJSPpjh3iReB85e6>
Foreign Policy Magazine is published by The FP Group, a division of the Washington Post Company. All contents ©2014 The FP Group. All Rights Reserved. Foreign Policy, 11 DUPONT CIRCLE NW, SUITE 600, WASHINGTON DC 200