- The Heritage Foundation's annual Economic Freedom Index is out: Australia ranks third.
- The never-changing face of Saudi Arabia: '...there are few signs that the Saudi monarchy is even contemplating serious reforms.'
- Behavioural tests on Chinese people born after the 1979 introduction of the one-child policy reveals a generation of risk-averse adults. (Thanks Malcolm.)
- How dangerous is it to deliver humanitarian aid?
- How do autocrats hold on to power? Patronage is not enough; identities, norms and structures forged in conflict matter too.
- A Taiwanese take on the evolving regional security order. (Thanks Malcolm.)
- What Homeland gets right and wrong about counter-terrorism. (paywalled; thanks Michael.)
- Art imitates life: the international space station now has Star Wars-like floating robots.
Tuesday linkage: Freedom index, aid, one-child policy, Saudi Arabia and more
Published 15 Jan 2013
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