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  • Quick hits

    Posted on Saturday November 7th, 2009 at 11:03

    AFGHANISTANSaudi prince Turki al-Faisal makes a pretty good case about how to solve the Afghan situation.I was both very surprised and very happy to read that Richard Holbrooke had visited Afghanistan as a Peace Corps volunteer before the country des...

  • Conflicts Forum

    Posted on Monday October 5th, 2009 at 12:41 in Middle East

    David Samuels has an illuminating piece on Conflicts Forum, apparently a think tank facade for undercover diplomatic negotiations in Beirut. I love it.By the way, keep an eye on Mother Jones: they've got some great reporting from time to time....

  • A green world

    Posted on Monday October 5th, 2009 at 12:39 in economics

    David Rothkopf has some interesting points on the future of energy tensions. What's the colour of peace again? Green?...

  • China's take on Afghanistan

    Posted on Monday October 5th, 2009 at 12:38 in military, afghanistan, central asia, china -foreign

    M K Bhadrakumar is right to point out that little has been made public of China's official views on the Afghan conflict, unti now....

  • The Arabian Gulf?

    Posted on Monday October 5th, 2009 at 12:30 in Middle East, military, iran

    Eugene Gholz, in the current edition of Foreign Policy, makes a convincing case for why Iran really couldn't threaten the Strait of Hormuz as much as most analyst believe it would in retaliation of a possible airstrike on its nuclear facilities. I re...

  • Mechanics of times of crisis

    Posted on Wednesday September 30th, 2009 at 15:27 in economics, u.s. internal affairs

    John Cassidy has a clear and informative article in the New Yorker about "rational irrationality" in the financial markets. Few brand new ideas, but a good sense of pedagogy.Discontinuous quotes:A number of explanations have been proposed for the gre...

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