- Once again the Vanuatu parliament is in turmoil... (Thanks Danielle.)
- Stephen Walt: the US lost in Afghanistan 'because it didn't go all-out to win, and it shouldn't have. Indeed, an all-out effort would have been a huge mistake, because the stakes were in fact rather modest.'
- 'In the past, the US and other countries have been exasperated by dissonance in Chinese foreign policy', says Walter Russell Mead. Is that changing?
- Japan has been lavishing attention on ASEAN lately.
- Best blog post title of the week: Human Rights Treaties Are Like Virginity Pledges.
- Why did the US occupy Iraq rather than toppling the regime and then leaving it to the locals, as in Libya? Two reasons: failed states and Iran.
- Andrew Bacevich's open letter to Paul Wolfowitz.
Wednesday links: human rights, Iraq, Afghanistan, Japan, ASEAN and more
Published 20 Mar 2013
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