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Monday links: US carbon emissions, solar, Iraq, Burma's media and more
US carbon emissions are at their lowest since 1995. What gives? The bankruptcy of Suntech, the world's largest solar panel maker, will raise world prices. That's a good thing. …
Thursday links: Iraq, Myanmar, China, Syria, India's cruise missile and more
Kenneth Roth, head of Human Rights Watch and speaking at the Lowy Institute on Friday: the Iraq war was an 'episode of US military adventurism gone awry that is best forgotten.'…
Tuesday links: Emerging airports, new nukes, arms exports, Iraq and more
Russia, India and China investing in new-generation 'fast' nuclear reactor designs.\ Richard Florida: 'it is not resources but knowledge, and ideas that power advanced economic…
Reader riposte: More on Reagan and Gorbachev
Simon Gladman responds to Sam Roggeveen's post: Regarding the Reagan-Gorbachev image... The failure was not in forgetting to move Gorbachev's flag pin and watch, but instead…
Monday links: Poverty, Lady Gaga, rebuilding Iraq, Tocqueville and more
World poverty is shrinking rapidly, says the latest Oxford Multidimensional Poverty Index. (Thanks Andy.) What gives rise to moral outrage? Inside Indonesia investigates, with…
Reader riposte: Reagan and Gorbachev
Gareth Evans responds to a piece flagged in last Thursday's Links: Re: 'The story behind Peter Marlow's iconic image of Reagan and Gorbachev in Vienna, which you see in our…
Thursday links: Iraq, new blogs, China drones, Reagan & Gorby and more
Re. yesterday's Jim Molan piece about his trip to Baghdad with 60 Minutes, they have now put an extended interview with Jim online. A blog for Southeast Asianists: Indolaysia. …
Tuesday links: Beijing consensus, UAVs, Iraq war, economic wisdom and more
Deepak Lal: 'Despite recent claims that the “Beijing consensus” has now become the best means to promote growth, there is little merit in these views'. Architect Rem Koolhaas'…
Wednesday links: ASEAN, America's banker, Arab video games and more
Know your enemy: America's covert efforts to obtain foreign weapons. ASEAN centrality is being tested by two forces: Beijing's assertiveness in the South China Sea, and…
Tuesday links: Torture in Fiji, China pollution, Germany, energy and more
Torture scenes: perhaps the first video evidence of violence by Fiji's military and police (WARNING: Very graphic video.) The US has quietly and unilaterally reduced its…