I know that most people don't have time, but this diavlog between Francis Fukuyama and Bob Kagan is really worth watching in its entirety. I think Fukuyama goes a bit easy on Kagan, but then many of Kagan's arguments are self-refuting; in particular, his claim...
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Why did the two Communist giants part ways in the early 1960s? Realist explanations have concentrated on the problems associated with two powerful states sharing a long border. Other explanations.
This is kind of interesting. Neither China nor Russia have been shy about using their Security Council vetoes in defense of either regional interests, or in reference to particular issue.
Hans Kristensen highlights some new information that has come to light on plans to use nuclear weapons to defend Quemoy from Chinese invasion in 1958:Some of the veil covering U.S. nuclear war planning against China in the 1958 Taiwan Strait crisis now has been lifted...
The Chinese appear to be stealing an effective and marketable Russian weapon design; the Russian response is to threaten a lawsuit:Russia is getting more and more upset at what it.
A couple of aircraft carrier related links for your afternoon...Via Danger Room, Martin Sieff has a new series at UPI on the vulnerability of carriers to submarine attack. Galrahn has.
Via Danger Room, interesting Bloomberg article about the Russian-built Chinese-operated "Sizzler" missile. The Sizzler approaches its target at supersonic speed then arches right before hitting. Apparently, the USN has no defense:The Navy doesn't have a test target that can mimic how the Sizzler flies. They...
From Vanessa at Feministing:In the midst of a trade discussion in 1973 with Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, Chinese leader Mao Zedong offered sending Chinese women to the United States.
This one from the NY Times:"Tainted Drugs Tied to Maker of Abortion Pill"Based on that headline, you'd think all the company does is make abortion pills, and that it was.
Via Yglesias, China Hand has a pretty interesting post about China's influence over the Pakistani decision to crack down in Waziristan and at Lal Masjid:It was, after all, the provocative kidnapping of 7 PRC nationals that compelled Musharraf—reportedly under heavy Chinese pressure—to abandon a policy...