Tuesday linkage

Ajay Chhibber, Director of the UN Development Program for Asia and the Pacific, on the effects of rising oceans for the Pacific Islands.
We noted Norway's trenchant criticism of UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon some time ago. Ban has responded...diplomatically.
The Economist interviews Jim Manzi, one of the smartest voices on the American right.
Iraq finds its air force...in Serbia.
After Masdar in the UAE, Foster - Partners design another new eco-city, this time in South Korea. There's something a bit grandiloquent about all this, given the many mundane things that can be done to improve energy efficiency in cities.
None dare call it an aircraft carrier or amphibious assualt ship: Japan launches its second Hyuga class 'destroyer'.
Seven ideas for dealing with North Korea. I like number 4 ('Treat North Korean provocations with bored contempt') and number 7 is pretty radical: 'Withdraw U.S. forces from South Korea...by putting U.S. military personnel within reach of the North, Washington has created 28,000 nuclear hostages.'