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Wednesday links: FDR, Indonesia, Russia, Saudi Arabia and more
Lowy Institute Executive Director Michael Fullilove's Rendezvous with Destiny, about FDR and the five envoys who took America into World War II, is in stores. Which science…
Tuesday links: China nukes, Krugman, electric cars, Twitter, KFC and more
China won't abandon its no-first-use nuclear policy because it 'is central to China's modern national identity as a leader of the developing world.' A short profile of the US…
Thursday links: Coca Cola, Arctic Council, mobility, Russian history more
'No President of the Fifth Republic has become so unpopular, so fast.' Francois Hollande, one year on. When Americans meet, one of the first questions they ask is 'Where are…
Wednesday links: Robots, op-eds, ending a country, submarines and more
Thanks to @RohanAlexander for reading my 10 Tips for Writing Op-Eds, and for recommending Andrew Leigh MP's essay on the same subject. Artificial intelligence raises profound…
Tuesday links: Obama scandals, Kenneth Waltz, budget, Iran and more
The famously scandal-free Obama Administration suddenly has two to deal with: one involving the Justice Department obtaining journalists' phone records, and the other about tax…
Monday links: Taiwan and China, Syria and Israel, Abenomics and more
Despite the growth of China's armed forces, the defence of Taiwan is not a lost cause. Abenomics is working, says Matthew Yglesias. As for Shinzo Abe's foreign and security…
Thursday linkage: Conan O'Brien, aid, SSBNs, top world thinkers and more
I'm late to this, but you should take a look at a new Carnegie Endowment assessment of China's military growth and its implications for the US-Japan alliance. The NY Times has a…
Tuesday links: Energy, China diplomacy, Syria, Jane Austen and more
China becoming a player in Israel-Palestine diplomacy? Via Fallows, a scathing take on modern China: 'It's becomes painfully obvious to me how something like the Great Leap…
Monday links: Indonesia, Confucianism, urbanism, utopianism and more
Help wanted: the Lowy Institute is looking for a new Director for its Global Issues program, and a Research Fellow for the G20 Studies Centre. New books, films and conferences…
Wednesday links: Youth unemployment, oil, think tanks, Jordan and more
A bland media release from Europe's officials statistics agency tells a tale of a vast human misery: unemployment in Greece and Spain is around 27%, with youth unemployment…