A blast from the past, balance of power politics in Europe: “The defense ministers of Sweden and Finland announced Thursday a new military cooperation agreement
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Yanis Varoufakis: How I became an erratic Marxist -The Guardian
In this article, Greece’s new finance minister, Yanis Varoufakis, explains his political outlook and how it developed. Agree, or disagree, the ideas he presents here
Warfare isn’t just a man’s game anymore -Monkey Cage (WP)
Interesting post looking at the role of women serving in the military, courtesy of a couple of my members of my grad school cohort, Jessica
The logic of violence in the Islamic State’s war -The Monkey Cage (WP)
In a departure from its usual practice of beheading its captives, the Islamic state recently burnt a Jordanian prisoner alive, and of course, distributed a
Ukraine in maps: How the crisis spread -BBC
Peace talks in the Ukraine collapsed today after only a few hours. Here is a brief timeline of the crisis. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-27308526
Europe’s Greek Test -NYTimes
Here is Paul Krugman’s take on the Greece-Euro crisis: “In the five years (!) that have passed since the euro crisis began, clear thinking has
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