Morning Linkage

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 what’s happening in Bahrain.
W. Jonathan Rue tells InsideIran that Tehran can close the Straits of Hormuz — temporarily (via).
Archeological discoveries have led to a revisionist history of the… bra.
My field spends some — but not enough — time worrying about gender diversity at its associations and conferences. Apparently the same concerns can be found in the SF community.
Phil Arena’s post on rational-choice theory and preference cycling is ancient by blog-standard (i.e., a few days old), but well worth your time.