- The Syrian civil war continues.
- The state of the Brazilian defense industry.
- STRATCOM commander “rejects high estimates for Chinese nuclear arsenal” (via Taylor Fravel). Minimal deterrent lives (maybe)!
- David Allen Green tries to clear the swamp of misconceptions surrounding “the Assange extradition” (via Michael Cohen). Have I become a left-of-center contrarian on wikileaks?
- An interview with Zbigniew Brzezinksi in The National Interest.
- Dan Drezner goes meta on the Zakaria and Ferguson controversies. Lacks zombie references, though.
- John Sides and Lynn Vavreck’s great ‘live’ e-book experiment launches. Chuck Meyers was very excited about this the last time that I had lunch with him.
- Carl Zimmer calls for a culture of reproducibility and “good science” (via TMC).
- Madeline Ashby‘s 2008 article on “Ownership, authority, and the body: Does antifanfic sentiment reflect posthuman anxiety?” includes interesting discussions of Ghost in the Shell, Neon Genesis Evangelion, and Serial Experiment Lain. But I wager the correct answer is: only in a metaphorical sense.
- I had my first dream about the November election last night. I wish this thing would just end.
Daniel H. Nexon is a Professor at Georgetown University, with a joint appointment in the Department of Government and the School of Foreign Service. His academic work focuses on international-relations theory, power politics, empires and hegemony, and international order. He has also written on the relationship between popular culture and world politics.
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