Stephen Walt, my favorites realist, has a great critique on how the media has handled the Iranian nuclear issue. Walt asks great questions and is appropriately skeptical.
The massacre of Afghan civilians by an American soldier is perhaps the end of the NATO mission in Afghanistan. The troops will not be precipitously withdrawn, but it is hard to imagine what their future missions might be like. There is certainly no opportunity for a policy of capturing hearts and minds.
There are many contesting territorial claims in the South China Sea, and the region has seen frequent military clashes as different countries have tried to establish their credentials as legitimate owners. Vietnam is trying a new approach that will certainly provoke a Chinese response over the Spratley Islands.
I am a big fan of unorthodox thinking, but I think I reached my limit in an article in The Atlantic entitled “How Engineering the Human Body Could Combat Climate Change.” At some point, many of you might find yourselves pondering these questions seriously. (not a quiz post).
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