- A helpful and only slightly tongue in cheek guide to Washington vocab. I liked 'the full Ginsburg'.
- Try the highly addictive SBS language knowledge test (Thanks @GeorgeDarroch).
- Combine sixty of the best studies on the links between weather and violence, and what do you get? (H/t Economist's View.)
- The legalities and practicalities of Syria's offer to give up chemical weapons. US military intelligence chief Michael Flynn says the job could take a decade.
- Meanwhile, it looks like Damascus is already ticking one box by applying to join the Chemical Weapons Convention.
- A Chinese state-backed shipbuilder is tapping capital markets to fund the building of warships.
- Are emerging economies set to enter a 'lost decade'?
- Does the economic crisis in southern Europe create favourable conditions for entrepreneurship?
- The culture of Chinese state-owned enterprises.
Friday links: Washington vocab, Syria's CW, Chinese SOEs, language test and more
Published 13 Sep 2013
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