Conor Friedersdorf argues that R2P is a decision for Congress to make, not the Executive Branch. Laura at 11d has advice from big student loan debtors. Note the part about not getting an MA that serves little professional purpose.Daniel Little has a very nice post on Chuck Tilly's Durable Inequality and the growing income gap in the United States.Sandy Levinson makes an impassioned plea for putting gun control back on the table. A note on...

Lots of people are talking (e.g.) about the McKibben climate-change article in Rolling Stone. China Defense Blog points to reports that the PRC will deploy a military garrison in the South China Sea.Kieran Healy compares rates of violence in the United States to those found in the rest of the OECD countries.Jamestown's China Daily Brief carries a report on Uzbekistan, China, and balance-of-power politics in Central Asia. Jason Fritz provides...

Jennifer Lind argues that the recent scuttling of a Korean-Japanese security cooperation treaty stemmed from Seoul's misgivings about a US-led balancing alliance aimed at the PRC. Richard Jensen has a powerpoint analysis of wikipedia's War of 1812 entry (via H-Diplo). Jeffrey Lewis ask "do we need ICBMs?"Ken Payne writes a second post on Chimpanzees and strategy (first one here). Bernardo Teles Fazendeiro at e-ir on Uzbekistan's suspension of...

Josh Rovner argues that AirSea Battle is a "myth" that threatens nuclear escalation with China.Henry Farrell writes up a recent piece by Alex Downes and Todd Sechser attacking the notion that democracies issue more credible threats than non-democracies. The comments (excluding mine) are worth reading as well. The Rising Powers Initiative highlights regional commentary on the ASEAN forum debacle. As always, Justin Gengler is worth reading on...