News | Africa – Reuters.com How very very Bridget Jones.

Abu Aardvark: Heydemann: Upgrading Arab Authoritarianism
Regimes learn from one another, often through explicit sharing of experiences. I would also argue that regimes learn from the US. They use our words and our domestic policy as models for their own, and for rhetorical cover.

Next Stop: Turkmenistan Turkmenistan being mentioned as an investment option (admittedly a high-risk option) for the average investor. Turkmenbashi’s death is opening a lot of doors.

The Monkey Cage Looks like fun – a whole miscellany of entries and links on various political topics.

It’s possible that my stint at IMC has turned me into a relief worker and not just a development beaucrat. I don’t have to pay attention to the war zones for work any more, but I find I do anyway. This guy seems to have been in every conflict zone worth mentioning, and he somehow remains simultaneously genuinely concerned and flippant. I am addicted to the archives already.

It’s possible that my stint at IMC has turned me into a relief worker and not just a development beaucrat. I don’t have to pay attention to the war zones for work any more, but I find I do anyway. This guy seems to have been in every conflict zone worth mentioning, and he somehow remains simultaneously genuinely concerned and flippant. I am addicted to the archives already.

It’s possible that my stint at IMC has turned me into a relief worker and not just a development beaucrat. I don’t have to pay attention to the war zones for work any more, but I find I do anyway. This guy seems to have been in every conflict zone worth mentioning, and he somehow remains simultaneously genuinely concerned and flippant. I am addicted to the archives already.