Blogs and blogging
Thursday links: China growth, North Korea's ICBM, drones, Iraq and more
Thanks to Business Insider for linking to my North Korea missile piece, but a teensy correction: I wrote about North Korea getting ready to deploy an ICBM, not launch one. Yikes…
Wednesday links: East China Sea, Korea, global warming, Elvis and more
Taiwan beefs up its East China Sea naval capabilities. What would happen if a Chinese and Taiwanese vessel tangled in waters claimed by Japan? (Thanks Malcolm.)
New Secretary…
Tuesday links: One-child policy, Star Wars, Mali, big data, nukes and more
The 25 least visited countries in the world. North Korea is not as high on this list as you might think, but no.1 is a familiar name in the Australian media. (H/t Kottke.)
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Tuesday linkage: Xi Jinping and Tony Blair in Africa, Sesame Street and more
Roger Pielke: 'Looking to the energy future, one is necessarily either pro-nuclear and pro-gas (fracking) OR one is pro-carbon dioxide and pro-pollution.'
Nuke wonk nirvana:…
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.
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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…
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. …