Blogs and blogging
Wednesday links: US media, Korea's dark side, Khmer Rouge and more
As the Khmer Rouge Tribunal grinds on, a serious assessment of its successes and failures. (Thanks Milton.)
The Smoke-Filled Room looks like a politics blog worth following. (H…
Tuesday links: Solar, AirSea Battle, Turkey, Japan, Iran, America and more
Life expectancy is declining for some American women.
Iran's sexual revolution. (It's paywalled, but just Google the headline to get around it.)
The Japanese Self-Defense…
Monday links: ASEAN, Shangri La Dialogue, FIFA, SE Asia and more
The Edge Review is a newish weekly on Southeast Asian affairs. There's a registration process to get to the content.
An updated version of the story Rory Medcalf broke…
Thursday links: Sexism in Japan, Syria, Indonesia, Hannah Arendt and more
I really wish I had flagged this earlier, but the ABC's Waleed Aly has been broadcasting his drivetime program from Jakarta all week. (Thanks Steve.)
Bruce Scheier: 'The…
Wednesday links: Australia-Brazil, US economy, solar, BBC poll and more
Occasional Interpreter contributor Tim Dunne replies to Stephen Walt on liberal interventionism (or 'imperialism', as Walt has it).
Great Southern Lands: Building ties between…
Tuesday links: Greece, drones, China in central Asia, Paris '68 and more
Social media changing the face of PNG politics. (Thanks Danielle.)
Cripes: 'most of Greece’s land transaction records are still handwritten in ledgers, logged in by last names…
Thursday links: Indo-Pacific, Syria's drought, Myanmar, Arab Idol and more
The breakout Palestinian star of this year's Arab Idol provides an irresistible metaphor for the Middle East peace process.
Construction on the world's tallest building is due…
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…