The US is planning to announce that it will be sending food and medical supplies to the Syrian rebels. The aid, however, does not include military aid. The debate within the Obama Administration has apparently been fierce, and the Syrian rebels do not appear to be particularly moved by the offer. The US is clearly playing a very low profile game, trying to keep a voice in the final settlement, but not wishing to appear as if it had decisively altered the outcome.
In world politics we have a difficult time separating what “all states” do from what “some states” do. The problem is the same as trying to figure out if there is an essential “humanness” that is universal. Here is a fascinating essay on the variety of ways to separate the particular from the universal.
One of the more interesting questions concerning Chinese economic growth is whether it can be sustained over an extended period of time. We usually think about the economic pressures of rapid growth as being the Achilles heel of Chinese development. But more and more people are suggesting that the real concern should be on how robust the legal system is and well it can protect the interests of the emerging middle class.
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