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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
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
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
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?
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
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...

