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it sadly looks like Hugo Chavez's cancer is terminal. If he is limited to phone calls, it's not getting any better. - Posted using ...

Seems China isn't really moving - Posted using BlogPress from my iPad

Our apologies to anyone who has been reading this blog for the lack of posts.  We have been dealing with a very serious family illness and h...

I know, I know - it's already Saturday night and I'm just putting out my weekend reading recommendations.  Sorry. I have been out of...

We have never fully understood the ongoing debate amongst a certain set of lawyers and foreign policy experts over the use of drones against...

In yesterday's Financial Times , Gideon Rachman  has a superb column outlining the great challenge of Asia Pacific today: Do you ally yo...

Ron Suskind's Confidence Men: Wall Street, Washington and the Education of a President  is one of the more insightful and disturbing boo...