9 hours ago by James M. Lindsay

Above the Fold . The hot topic in Washington this weekend— assuming that the rumor of Kim Jong Un’s assassination is just that—is the upcoming Valentine’s Day meeting between President Obama and Xi Jinping, China’s vice president. Why all the buzz about a vice president? Because this one is expected ...

The Water's Edge - blogs.cfr.org/lindsay · Rank: 191,303 · 9 references

10 hours ago by Andy Blumenthal, MBA, CIO, CEA, PMP, ITIL, A+

We've all been there--organizations that are run by the king or queen and their proverbial gang of 6 or 7 or 8 or 9. These are the organizations that are dominated by powerful, but narcissistic leadership (notice I do not call them leaders--because they are not). According to Forbes, (11 January 201 ...

The Total CIO | Andy ... - andyblumenthal.com

21 hours ago by odessablogger

It is probably best to open this post by quoting the opening paragraph from A Tale of Two Cities by the one and only Charles Dickens: “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of [...]

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23 hours ago by By THE LEARNING NETWORK

On Feb. 10, 1962, the Soviet Union released captured American pilot Francis Gary Powers because the United States agreed to release Rudolph Ivanovich Abel, a Soviet spy.

The Learning Network - learning.blogs.nytimes.com

1 day ago by Vembu

India's reluctance to stand by Mohamed Nasheed, who was a "friend" until he was deposed represents a rite-of-passage in India's defence of its strategic interests. It's not about morality; it'about pragmatism.

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1 day ago by LindaConstant/BalanceofCulture

Takashi Murakami honors Qatar with new works in his first Middle East exhibition for the Qatar Museum Authority (QMA) titled "Ego." The show is located in the Al-Riwaq exhibition hall at the Museum of Islamic Art on Doha's Corniche and is open from February 9 through June 24, 2012. While Murakami re ...

BALANCE of CULTURE - balanceofculture.com · Rank: 132,487 · 4 references

1 day ago by Chris W

HARD TO DO:At 6.8% of Taiwan’s crude oil imports, Iran is the nation’s third-largest source of oil after the DPP had expanded Iranian crude oil imports By Chris Wang / Staff Reporter Taiwan is trying to cut its crude oil imports from Iran after the US expressed its wish for Taiwan’s inclusion in a c ...

Newsroom Formosa - newsroomformosa.blogspot.com

1 day ago by Jay Newton-Small

Most political analysts in Washington believe that war with Iran is unlikely, especially before the November U.S. elections. Politically it would be hard for President Obama to engage in another Middle Eastern war given the war weariness of the U.S. electorate, let alone the question of being able t ...

Swampland - swampland.time.com

1 day ago by odessablogger

There are very few things the President of Ukraine and I have in common or agree upon completely. We share a love of architecture, we both like Donetsk as a city (it happens to be my second favourite city in Ukraine after Odessa), we both believe that Ukraine should remain outside of NATO and the [. ...

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2 days ago by jd

In the National Post, Peter Godspeed argues that Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s pending visit to China represents somewhat of a foreign policy pivot for the Conservative government. Like the United States, Canada is in the midst of a foreign policy pivot in Asia… …Tuesday, Stephen Harper, the Prime ...

Clouds, Clocks and Sitting ... - jdasovic.com · 6 references