A Revived Spat Between Japan And South Korea Unsettles the United States, Says The Economist
Read Here – History Wars in Northeast Asia
With the overthrow of Iran’s Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadeq by a CIA-led and British-backed coup d’état on 19 August 1953, the landscape of Western involvement in the Middle East was forever changed.
Read Here – The Economics of Overthrow – Studies in Intelligence
Why Washington Should Leave Regime Change To the Iranians
Michael Ledeen, Freedom Scholar at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, argues that both threatening war and continuing to impose sanctions are unattractive options for Western governments’ responses to the Iranian nuclear program. Read Here – Foreign Affairs
Cyberspace Is Too Important For Its Security To Be Handed Over To Those Who Want To Lock It Up
Shashi Tharoor argues in his piece in The Hindu – Read Here
Eye Of The Storm For U.S.-Pakistan Relations
Following one of the worst periods in the history of the relationship between the United States and Pakistan, several encouraging developments have taken place in recent months. Unfortunately, we are passing through the eye of a Pakistani storm that is almost sure to whip up again in 2013, if not sooner. Read Here – Foreign […]
Rich Chinese Continue To Seek Residency Overseas
Despite tightening immigration rules in many destinations popular with Chinese immigrants, the number of applicants — who have growing wealth and a desire to live elsewhere — continues to rise. Read Here – China Daily
A New Kind Of Social Science For The 21st Century
These three things—a biological hurricane, computational social science, and the rediscovery of experimentation—are going to change the social sciences in the 21st century. With that change will come, in my judgment, a variety of discoveries and opportunities that offer tremendous prospect for improving the human condition, Nicholas A. Christakis tells Edge. Read Here
