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Friday links: D Day, green progress, Iraqi jets, civil wars, world leaders and more
With our usual Friday India links feature on hiatus, herewith some general-interest international policy reading from around the web. Is this really a priority for Iraq? Lockheed…
Military & strategy links: Container missiles, the nuclear triad, civil-military divide and more
A Russian arms exporter has displayed a disturbing mock-up of the Club K Container Missile System, which allows a range of modern anti-ship and cruise missile systems to be…
Military & strategy links: Snowden, Russia sanctions, Huawei, Iran's fake carrier and more
 According to the latest Snowden documents, concerns regarding the maintenance of US offensive and defensive advantages in cyber capabilities have motivated NSA targeting of the…
Thursday links: Cambodia, Crimea, insect protein, China HSR and more
 Fukuyama on the domestic basis of American power. China opens the world's longest high-speed rail line, between Beijing and Guangzhou. Crimea: calls for the US to use energy…
Thursday links: Taiwan, Syria's children, Crimea, ASEAN, Nepal and more
Two on Taiwan: an opposition party releases a report showing an alarming military imbalance with China (thanks Malcolm), and John Mearsheimer argues that China's rise is really,…
Friday links: Robot ships, peak car, democracy, Syria, Iron Man and more
Bloomberg infographic on how the world is reaching 'peak car'. Robert Skidelsky on the rise of the machines: 'it is broadly true that the more computers can do, the less humans…
Military & strategy links: German military aid to Israel, robots, India, World War I and more
Is the Pentagon needlessly antagonising Congress over its 2014 budget? James Joyner thinks so. Meanwhile, David Edelstein argues that the proposed cuts to frontline strength…
Monday links: Kevin Rudd at Harvard, Oscars, Tesla, economic myths and more
Geoff Dyer in the FT: The 'unwritten understanding between Beijing and Washington on America’s role in Asia is crumbling. China now wishes to recast the military and ­political…
Thursday links: Iran's nukes, Downton Abbey, Africa's population, India in space and more
How Iranian academic nuclear research may have flowed into military applications. Larry Summers on America's turn towards a 'Downton Abbey economy'. CFR's multimedia guide…
Defence & strategy links: Taranis, anti-access, Europe's jets, AirSea Battle and more
 In the Arctic, resurgent strategic competition highlights the aspirations and shortcomings of Moscow's attempts to rejuvenate its military power. TX Hammes explores the…