As Gancho points out, it wouldn't be so bad for a Miss Carolina candidate, but this Yglesias is supposedly an expert on foreign policy and has written books on the subject.
But for all that, this has really been a year without a major international crisis. Russia hasn’t invaded any foreign countries. No terrorist attacks have struck the United States. The handling of the coup in Ecuador was, I think, quite deft but this was hardly a major event in the scheme of things.
Y'know, sometimes I think I'm aiming too high. Maybe I should write a book called "LatAm: What you need to know so you don't sound like a total dumbass". Pulitzer!