- Five ways Ahmadinejad destroyed Iran's economy.
- The US Congress is taking action to dissuade Turkey from finalising a missile deal with Beijing.
- 'In the space of 10 years, mobile phones and the Internet have changed African nations more significantly than any development since their independence from colonial powers.'
- Nudge, nudge: how the Cameron Government is employing behavioural economics.
- Michael Levi on America's alleged new oil abundance: 'call me stupid, because I just don’t see it.'
- Long Rolling Stone treatment of the Edward Snowden-Glenn Greenwald alliance.
- Germany's solar-power transformation: success story or cautionary tale?
- Foreign Policy's 'Think Again' column is generally less contrarian than it appears, but this piece on Mandela's history and legacy delivers.
- Off-the-charts smog levels in Shanghai.
Tuesday links: Ahmadinejad, solar, Mandela, Shanghai smog, Africa, Snowden and more
Published 10 Dec 2013
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