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Hello Ducks…  here are your Monday links…

• Theory Talks #63 interviews Siddharth Mallavarapu on “International Asymmetries, Ethnocentrism, and a View on IR from India.”
• Oliver Stuenkel asks whether Intra-BRICS cooperation can advance amid economic gloom?
• Shanthie Mariet D’Souza gives India four scenarios for Afghanistan in the run up to the 2014 elections.
• Corey Robin asks whether Bob Dahl really did define politics as “The process that determines the authoritative allocation of values.” (Answer: No.)
• Election campaign posters in Indonesia incorporate Kung-Fu Panda for some reason…

• Rebecca Simpson at the Enough Said blog writes about a group of South Sudanese artists who sing for peace.
• Finally, 17 Critical Theory Valentine’s Day Cards…