- US challenges abroad: Michael Fullilove's recent appearance on the Charlie Rose Show now online.
- 'Volatility is a central feature of the Chinese economy.' A China forecaster looks back at some of his biggest hits and misses.
- The upside of down: thanks to climate change, arctic shipping is set for a ten-fold increase by 2021. (Thanks Hugh.)
- In 2006, deaths in Japan outnumbered births. Japan is on the cusp of a radical demographic makeover, with implications for its society, economy and foreign policy.
- What it's like to spend an entire day on the Beijing subway.
- Russia is a financial surveillance state which now holds the presidency of FATF, the world body designed to fight financial crime.
- The Yemen-based al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) is widely recognised as a more dangerous terrorist organisation than the original al-Qaeda led by Osama bin Laden.(H/t SWJ.)
- About half the Egyptian population is dependent on wheat handouts. Advantage Russia.
Tuesday links: AQAP, arctic ships, China forecasts, Egypt, Japan and more
Published 23 Jul 2013
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