- What every country in the world is best at, in one map. (Thanks Danielle.)
- A John Kerry op-ed: 'The rebalancing of our foreign policy priorities in Asia is neither a work completed nor an effort interrupted. It is a daily march of progress to be measured in miles and years, not yards and days. (Thanks Michael.)
- China's arms industry makes global inroads, says the NY Times. I would be surprised if the Turkish decision to buy Chinese missiles, which is the hook for the story, in not overturned.
- Is it time to say that Iraq is in a state of civil war?
- New Nobel laureate Robert Shiller calls for the democratisation of banking.
- Preoccupation with the Iran nuclear file often overshadows the huge scale of Western arms sales to Persian Gulf states.
- From the Heritage Foundation: 24 maps and tables that explain Asia's importance to America. (Thanks Marty.)
- 'The sin of the academic is that he takes so long in coming to the point', said Michael Oakeshott. ANU's Andrew Walker explains some techniques for avoiding brevity (thanks Dave):
Monday links: Asia rebalance, Persian Gulf arms, Iraq, democratic banking and more
Published 21 Oct 2013
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