Monday, August 26, 2013

longer reads, some analysis, late august 2013

An assortment of long or multiple-piece views, takeaways, analysis, reporting on Mexico, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Iran, Pakistan and Central Asia.

on the media, 23aug13, the whole show this week was great and really important, 50 min audio

transcript of Sec Kerry's strongly worded statement after going to Syria and seeing evidence of a rocket-sent nerve gas attack there, 26aug13. So everyone says there will be some war, some military response. Even the Russians said they would talk about appropriate responses.

a couple weeks ago, from the nyrb came a look at the refugee problem in Lebanon, in the wake of the war in Syria,

Over 40 killed across Iraq this weekend, following over 1000 killed in July there as a result of increasing Sunni and Shi'a attacks in car bombs, roadside explosives, snipers.

longer Portrait of Ali Khamenei in Foreign Affairs

Pervez Musharraf on trial for killing one of his rivals for office, Benazir Bhutto in late 2007

How China is looking at resource rich Central Asia these days


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