Just returned from Detroit, and because my laptop is still functional only as a very, very expensive paperweight, I wasn't able to post while away. Sorrys all around.
I was able, however, to spend the flight time digesting the latest Atlantic Monthly, which as usual served up several items of interest. One was an article by several Rand analysts about "ten international-security developments that aren't getting the attention they deserve." They are:
The Wall (that Israel is building)How many of these issues are on your foreign policy radar screen? Read the article here.
A Shrinking Russia
The Hindu-Muslim Divide
AIDS And African Armies
The Tehran-New Delhi Axis
Anti-Satellite Attack
Defense-Industry Goliaths
The Carrier Shortage
The Indus Water Fight
Urban Warfare
Also in this month's AM is this article about the clemency memos Alberto R. Gonzales—widely regarded as a likely future Supreme Court nominee—prepared for GW when he was Gov of Texas. In the words of the author, "they suggest that Gonzales repeatedly failed to apprise Bush of some of the most salient issues in the cases at hand." Both I and an esteemed colleague read this piece and found it very compelling ... read it, and be the first on your block to say you saw the confirmation fight coming.
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