- Bruce Whitehouse provides a roundup of developments in Mali.
- John Owen on US decline. He claims that he thought he was doing an interview for a dissident magazine, not a “regime-approved” publication. Yeah, right. We all know John’s in the tank for the Mullahs.
- Jay Ulfelder argues that the Libyan intervention is not responsible for core events in Mali.
- China’s military on the rise.
- Peter Henne discusses the relationship between religion and suicide bombings.
- Xavier Marquez: “the deification of Hugo Chávez.”
- Jeffrey Lewis examines “confused” accounts of North Korea’s missiles.
- Jeffrey Gengler: “social network analysis of Bahrain.”
- Lots of talk about the 18 September 2007 FOMC transcripts.
- Steve Saideman on adjuncts, the IRS, and university administrations (hint: one is a the ‘bad guy’).
- Richard Seymour bashes Christopher Hitchens (via 3QD).
BLTN:
- Fabio Rojas enters the “end of theory” debate.
- The virtues of the “lab group” model of research.
- Ruminations on variation of rape coverage (US and India).
- Ken MacLeod on the scandal that’s ripping apart the UK’s Socialist Workers Party.
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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