Tuesday links: Global warming, Myanmar, North Korea, Early Bird, Ignatieff and more

5 November 2013 17:28

The rise in global carbon emissions is slowing, but not enough. And renewable energy is not coming on fast enough to help. (Thanks Martine.)
Sydney readers, don't forget next Monday's Lowy Institute Rememberance Day event with novelist Richard Flanagan, who will talk about war and the Australian character.
A Japanese consortium is gearing up for massive infrastructure projects in Myanmar.
The Pentagon has abolished its popular Early Bird news compilation, for reasons that reflect the times. For addicts (and I know there are many in the Australian government), here are suggestions for replacements. (Thanks James.)
North Korea is getting really good at building fake missiles.
The leading cause of the Syria conflict? Under Bashar, 'the Ba’ath Party increasingly disengaged and decoupled itself from its original political constituency, creating a broad and deep-seated disillusionment with the government within Syrian society.'
I didn't agree with everything Joshua Foust said in our interview last week, but his analysis of the Snowden leaks is must-read, including on the latest revelations about the NSA's Google and Yahoo! snooping.
The rise and fall of Michael Ignatieff, from respected academic and public intellectual to failed Canadian opposition leader.

Jokowi must prove his doubters wrong, not appease them