Here’s the round-up:
- The United Nations refuses to pay compensation to victims of the cholera it brought to Haiti. Not really a surprise. Read Jonathon Katz’s The Big Truck That Went By.
- Joshua Landis’ survey of the debate over counting casualties in Syria. There is a strong sense that the numbers are under-reported.
- Megan Price and her team at the Human Rights Data Analysis Group are still analyzing the numbers presented in their preliminary report.
- Marc Lynch hosts a debate on whether or not to arm the Syrian rebels.
- After listening to Sean Lynn-Jones’ podcast, my weekend read: David Shambaugh’s China Goes Global: The Partial Power.
- Steve Hess on why there hasn’t been a China spring.
And:
- A cool skateboarding trip through the ghost-city of Ordos — the great example of China’s internal over-reach: https://vimeo.com/51333291#
Jon Western has spent the last fifteen years teaching IR in liberal arts colleges at Mount Holyoke College and the Five Colleges in western Massachusetts. He has an eclectic range of intellectual interests but often writes on international security, U.S. foreign policy, military intervention, and human rights. He occasionally shares his thoughts about professional life in liberal arts colleges. In his spare time he coaches middle school soccer, mentors the local high school robotics team, skis, and sails.
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