For someone that uses the CIA World Factbook regularly, this a pretty neat new way to do it:
http://der-mo.net/WINDS/
The cool part is that the interface allows for various relations, not just borders. Viewing border connections isn’t actually too useful, a normal geographical map which allows you to see the CIA Factbook information would be more [...]
The New Rome Meets the New Barbarians
Joseph Nye – Dean of Kennedy School of Government
from the Economist (article)
Notes:
Bush Sr.: post 9/11: “We can’t go this alone”
Afghanistan may show that unilateralism works “just fine”
US not on the decline, but it’s not [...]
Hegemony on the Cheap: Liberal Internationalism from Wilson to Bush
Colin Dueck
dueck.pdf
Notes
Most presidents have “liberal” perspective
Bush Foreign Policy influenced heavily by liberalism
(meanint democratic government + open markets)
not altruistic (helps US interists)
Woodrow Wilson
ends (goals) not backed up with means ($), traditional of US liberal policy
Goals of Roosevelt (UN)
5 major powers policing their sphere of influcence democratically*
*USSR no [...]
So my friend Andy recently turned me on to a music streaming service called Pandora. I’ve recommended it to a few friends now, who have all found it rather interesting, and I thought I’d publish it here so that more people could get an idea of what it’s all about.
It’s a music streaming service, [...]
So, ever since High School (7-8 years ago), my knee has had a tendancy to randomly “pop” out of place. Not in any exciting way, either. My friend Tom has always had knee issues, and he got into a lot of trouble after smashing into someone at high speeds on top of [...]