- Roger Pielke: 'Looking to the energy future, one is necessarily either pro-nuclear and pro-gas (fracking) OR one is pro-carbon dioxide and pro-pollution.'
- Nuke wonk nirvana: debating the benefits of nuclear superiority for crisis bargaining.
- Tony Blair saved Africa. No really, he says so himself.
- Environmental issues are now mainstream for foreign policy professionals, as a recent Council on Foreign Relations conference showed.
- Sesame Street around the world: in the Israeli version, Oscar does not live in a rubbish bin, as 'Israeli kids are taught not to play in trash receptacles because they might contain bombs.' (H/t Blattman.)
- The strategic narcissism of the Iraq war anniversary: we're guilty of this at The Interpreter.
- Xi Jinping's clumsy, paternalistic Africa speech.
Tuesday linkage: Xi Jinping and Tony Blair in Africa, Sesame Street and more
Published 26 Mar 2013
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